Re: [matplotlib-devel] Empty wind barb suggestion

2008-07-21 Thread Michael Droettboom
I don't know if this simplifies things (you're much deeper in the middle of doing what you need to do), but PolyCollection really is a path collection these days. (The name is really for historical reasons). And since paths can be compound, you could draw a hollow circle using an inner and an

Re: [matplotlib-devel] Empty wind barb suggestion

2008-07-19 Thread Eric Firing
Ryan May wrote: > Hi, > > In trying to add a symbol for an empty wind barb, I ran into problem. > Traditionally, a smaller, non-filled circle is used for low wind speeds > when doing a barb plot. I can draw the circle easily as a polygon, > using CirclePolygon from patches, but unfortunately,

[matplotlib-devel] Empty wind barb suggestion

2008-07-19 Thread Ryan May
Hi, In trying to add a symbol for an empty wind barb, I ran into problem. Traditionally, a smaller, non-filled circle is used for low wind speeds when doing a barb plot. I can draw the circle easily as a polygon, using CirclePolygon from patches, but unfortunately, the fill color for this pol