From 20c880a60d396d52feb9b8ff5abb371f2832da6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nils Wagner <nils.wagner@intes.de>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 09:30:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Tight layout

---
 sectionproperties/post/post.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/sectionproperties/post/post.py b/sectionproperties/post/post.py
index b5bae2be..601b9944 100644
--- a/sectionproperties/post/post.py
+++ b/sectionproperties/post/post.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 def setup_plot(ax, pause):
-    """Exectues code required to set up a matplotlib figure.
+    """Executes code required to set up a matplotlib figure.
 
     :param ax: Axes object on which to plot
     :type ax: :class:`matplotlib.axes.Axes`
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ def setup_plot(ax, pause):
 
     if not pause:
         plt.ion()
+        plt.tight_layout()
         plt.show()
     else:
         plt.ioff()
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ def finish_plot(ax, pause, title=''):
     ax.set_aspect('equal', anchor='C')
 
     if pause:
+        plt.tight_layout()
         plt.show()
     else:
         plt.draw()