importmatplotlib.pyplotaspltfrommpl_toolkits.axes_grid1importDivider,Sizedeflabel_axes(ax,text):"""Place a label at the center of an Axes, and remove the axis ticks."""ax.text(.5,.5,text,transform=ax.transAxes,horizontalalignment="center",verticalalignment="center")ax.tick_params(bottom=False,labelbottom=False,left=False,labelleft=False)

fig=plt.figure(figsize=(6,6))fig.suptitle("Fixed axes sizes, fixed paddings")# Sizes are in inches.horiz=[Size.Fixed(1.),Size.Fixed(.5),Size.Fixed(1.5),Size.Fixed(.5)]vert=[Size.Fixed(1.5),Size.Fixed(.5),Size.Fixed(1.)]rect=(0.1,0.1,0.8,0.8)# Divide the Axes rectangle into a grid with sizes specified by horiz * vert.div=Divider(fig,rect,horiz,vert,aspect=False)# The rect parameter will actually be ignored and overridden by axes_locator.ax1=fig.add_axes(rect,axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=0,ny=0))label_axes(ax1,"nx=0, ny=0")ax2=fig.add_axes(rect,axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=0,ny=2))label_axes(ax2,"nx=0, ny=2")ax3=fig.add_axes(rect,axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=2,ny=2))label_axes(ax3,"nx=2, ny=2")ax4=fig.add_axes(rect,axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=2,nx1=4,ny=0))label_axes(ax4,"nx=2, nx1=4, ny=0")

fig=plt.figure(figsize=(6,6))fig.suptitle("Scalable axes sizes, fixed paddings")horiz=[Size.Scaled(1.5),Size.Fixed(.5),Size.Scaled(1.),Size.Scaled(.5)]vert=[Size.Scaled(1.),Size.Fixed(.5),Size.Scaled(1.5)]rect=(0.1,0.1,0.8,0.8)# Divide the Axes rectangle into a grid with sizes specified by horiz * vert.div=Divider(fig,rect,horiz,vert,aspect=False)# The rect parameter will actually be ignored and overridden by axes_locator.ax1=fig.add_axes(rect,axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=0,ny=0))label_axes(ax1,"nx=0, ny=0")ax2=fig.add_axes(rect,axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=0,ny=2))label_axes(ax2,"nx=0, ny=2")ax3=fig.add_axes(rect,axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=2,ny=2))label_axes(ax3,"nx=2, ny=2")ax4=fig.add_axes(rect,axes_locator=div.new_locator(nx=2,nx1=4,ny=0))label_axes(ax4,"nx=2, nx1=4, ny=0")plt.show()

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