

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_pylab_examples_ellipse_rotated.py:


===============
Ellipse Rotated
===============





.. image:: /gallery/pylab_examples/images/sphx_glr_ellipse_rotated_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python

    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np
    from matplotlib.patches import Ellipse

    delta = 45.0  # degrees

    angles = np.arange(0, 360 + delta, delta)
    ells = [Ellipse((1, 1), 4, 2, a) for a in angles]

    a = plt.subplot(111, aspect='equal')

    for e in ells:
        e.set_clip_box(a.bbox)
        e.set_alpha(0.1)
        a.add_artist(e)

    plt.xlim(-2, 4)
    plt.ylim(-1, 3)

    plt.show()

**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.023 seconds)



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