Add whats_new entry

ericpre · ericpre · commit 8776d1de86f2 · 2024-04-02T18:29:59.000+01:00
diff --git a/doc/users/next_whats_new/add_RectangleCollection.rst b/doc/users/next_whats_new/add_RectangleCollection.rst
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+Add ``RectangleCollection``
+---------------------------
+
+The `~matplotlib.collections.RectangleCollection` is added to create collection of `~matplotlib.patches.Rectangle`
+
+.. plot::
+    :include-source: true
+
+    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+    from matplotlib.collections import RectangleCollection
+    import numpy as np
+
+    rng = np.random.default_rng(0)
+
+    widths = (2, )
+    heights = (3, )
+    angles = (45, )
+    offsets = rng.random((10, 2)) * 10
+
+    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
+
+    ec = RectangleCollection(
+        widths=widths,
+        heights=heights,
+        angles=angles,
+        offsets=offsets,
+        units='x',
+        offset_transform=ax.transData,
+        )
+
+    ax.add_collection(ec)
+    ax.set_xlim(-2, 12)
+    ax.set_ylim(-2, 12)
