Sherif Ahmed wrote: > > Hello all, > > I am using matplotlib in order to generate a scientific drawing called > “Smith Chart”. It consists of many shifted circles drawn in polar > plot. This chart is widely used in electrical engineering field. > > I am facing a problem now with the new version of matplotlib. After > trying around I figured out that the plot function does not connect > the given points in straight lines however by a circle or a circle > sector. This causes a very wrong drawing and producing parasitic, > false, circles when the points are to cross the theta=180° line. > You can turn off this feature by passing "resolution=1" to the polar() method. This is the default in SVN versions of matplotlib, and will be in the next releases.
You've clearly done a lot of work on the Smith chart plotting already... It would be great to package that code into something for general use and include in the matplotlib core. Mike > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are > powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and > easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development > software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. > Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel -- Michael Droettboom Science Software Branch Operations and Engineering Division Space Telescope Science Institute Operated by AURA for NASA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build your RIAs with Flex Builder, the Eclipse(TM)based development software that enables intelligent coding and step-through debugging. Download the free 60 day trial. http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-adobe-com _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
