Hi Steven, I first look at what types of plots and axes are available out-of-the-box. The gallery and examples sections of the matplotlib webpage are good places to get ideas about what is possible when programming in this mode.
If there isn't an existing axis type which works, I take one of two approaches. If it is a type of plot which I will be making many times, I try to make my own type of axis / projection: see http://matplotlib.org/examples/axes_grid/demo_floating_axes.html for an example of what I mean. If I'm simply trying to reproduce a graphic only once, I will generally fudge it by drawing a bunch of Collections (usually a PolyCollection or LineCollection, http://matplotlib.org/api/collections_api.html) on a normal cartesian axis, and then hide the axes, ticks and ticklabels. This approach works for me, though your mileage may vary. Cheers. Oliver On Jan 15, 2013, at 11:52 AM, Steven Boada wrote: > Heyya list. > > I must admit that my matplotlib-foo is only so so. One of the biggest > problems that I face is seeing cool stuff around the net, and thinking, > "that's pretty neat, I'd like to copy it." In reality, I have no idea > how I would go about creating something like that. > > Here's an example: http://imgur.com/JdkR4 > > Just a little circular histogram thing with some annotations. Obviously, > I'd need the annotate command for the words, but what about the arcs? No > idea, off hand. So my question is, how do you decode (read: what to > think about) figures that you see, and turn them into actual python? > Sure I could post on stack exchange or email all you people every time, > but I want to be *better* at this. And while some people are going to > scoff and reply "that's easy, silly" it's not so for some. I just hate > to admit it's me. > > Thanks for the advice. > > -- > > Steven Boada > > Doctoral Student > Dept of Physics and Astronomy > Texas A&M University > bo...@physics.tamu.edu > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Master SQL Server Development, Administration, T-SQL, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS > and more. Get SQL Server skills now (including 2012) with LearnDevNow - > 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. > SALE $99.99 this month only - learn more at: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122512 > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master SQL Server Development, Administration, T-SQL, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS and more. Get SQL Server skills now (including 2012) with LearnDevNow - 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only - learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122512 _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
