Description
Bug report
Bug summary
I was able to create radar charts with polygonal grid lines before. But the code is now producing circular grid lines.
It was working in version 3.2.x but since 3.3.0 the grid lines are circular. The official example appears to be the same in all the versions and still reads:
It's possible to get a polygon grid by setting GRIDLINE_INTERPOLATION_STEPS in matplotlib.axis to the desired number of vertices, but the orientation of the polygon is not aligned with the radial axes.
However, it is not working in the same manner as before.
Code for reproduction
The code below is the same as in the official example (link above) plus the method 'draw' which used to make the grid lines polygonal.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.patches import Circle, RegularPolygon
from matplotlib.path import Path
from matplotlib.projections.polar import PolarAxes
from matplotlib.projections import register_projection
from matplotlib.spines import Spine
from matplotlib.transforms import Affine2D
def radar_factory(num_vars, frame='circle'):
"""
Create a radar chart with `num_vars` axes.
This function creates a RadarAxes projection and registers it.
Parameters
----------
num_vars : int
Number of variables for radar chart.
frame : {'circle', 'polygon'}
Shape of frame surrounding axes.
"""
# calculate evenly-spaced axis angles
theta = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, num_vars, endpoint=False)
class RadarAxes(PolarAxes):
name = 'radar'
# use 1 line segment to connect specified points
RESOLUTION = 1
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
# rotate plot such that the first axis is at the top
self.set_theta_zero_location('N')
def fill(self, *args, closed=True, **kwargs):
"""Override fill so that line is closed by default"""
return super().fill(closed=closed, *args, **kwargs)
def plot(self, *args, **kwargs):
"""Override plot so that line is closed by default"""
lines = super().plot(*args, **kwargs)
for line in lines:
self._close_line(line)
def _close_line(self, line):
x, y = line.get_data()
# FIXME: markers at x[0], y[0] get doubled-up
if x[0] != x[-1]:
x = np.append(x, x[0])
y = np.append(y, y[0])
line.set_data(x, y)
def set_varlabels(self, labels):
self.set_thetagrids(np.degrees(theta), labels)
def _gen_axes_patch(self):
# The Axes patch must be centered at (0.5, 0.5) and of radius 0.5
# in axes coordinates.
if frame == 'circle':
return Circle((0.5, 0.5), 0.5)
elif frame == 'polygon':
return RegularPolygon((0.5, 0.5), num_vars,
radius=.5, edgecolor="k")
else:
raise ValueError("Unknown value for 'frame': %s" % frame)
def _gen_axes_spines(self):
if frame == 'circle':
return super()._gen_axes_spines()
elif frame == 'polygon':
# spine_type must be 'left'/'right'/'top'/'bottom'/'circle'.
spine = Spine(axes=self,
spine_type='circle',
path=Path.unit_regular_polygon(num_vars))
# unit_regular_polygon gives a polygon of radius 1 centered at
# (0, 0) but we want a polygon of radius 0.5 centered at (0.5,
# 0.5) in axes coordinates.
spine.set_transform(Affine2D().scale(.5).translate(.5, .5)
+ self.transAxes)
return {'polar': spine}
else:
raise ValueError("Unknown value for 'frame': %s" % frame)
def draw(self, renderer, *args, **kwargs):
""" Draw. If frame is polygon, make gridlines polygon-shaped """
if frame == 'polygon':
gridlines = self.yaxis.get_gridlines()
print(self.get_yaxis().get_gridlines())
for gl in gridlines:
gl.get_path()._interpolation_steps = num_vars
super().draw(renderer, *args, **kwargs)
register_projection(RadarAxes)
return theta
def example_data():
# The following data is from the Denver Aerosol Sources and Health study.
# See doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.12.017
#
# The data are pollution source profile estimates for five modeled
# pollution sources (e.g., cars, wood-burning, etc) that emit 7-9 chemical
# species. The radar charts are experimented with here to see if we can
# nicely visualize how the modeled source profiles change across four
# scenarios:
# 1) No gas-phase species present, just seven particulate counts on
# Sulfate
# Nitrate
# Elemental Carbon (EC)
# Organic Carbon fraction 1 (OC)
# Organic Carbon fraction 2 (OC2)
# Organic Carbon fraction 3 (OC3)
# Pyrolized Organic Carbon (OP)
# 2)Inclusion of gas-phase specie carbon monoxide (CO)
# 3)Inclusion of gas-phase specie ozone (O3).
# 4)Inclusion of both gas-phase species is present...
data = [
['Sulfate', 'Nitrate', 'EC', 'OC1', 'OC2', 'OC3', 'OP', 'CO', 'O3'],
('Basecase', [
[0.88, 0.01, 0.03, 0.03, 0.00, 0.06, 0.01, 0.00, 0.00],
[0.07, 0.95, 0.04, 0.05, 0.00, 0.02, 0.01, 0.00, 0.00],
[0.01, 0.02, 0.85, 0.19, 0.05, 0.10, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00],
[0.02, 0.01, 0.07, 0.01, 0.21, 0.12, 0.98, 0.00, 0.00],
[0.01, 0.01, 0.02, 0.71, 0.74, 0.70, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00]]),
('With CO', [
[0.88, 0.02, 0.02, 0.02, 0.00, 0.05, 0.00, 0.05, 0.00],
[0.08, 0.94, 0.04, 0.02, 0.00, 0.01, 0.12, 0.04, 0.00],
[0.01, 0.01, 0.79, 0.10, 0.00, 0.05, 0.00, 0.31, 0.00],
[0.00, 0.02, 0.03, 0.38, 0.31, 0.31, 0.00, 0.59, 0.00],
[0.02, 0.02, 0.11, 0.47, 0.69, 0.58, 0.88, 0.00, 0.00]]),
('With O3', [
[0.89, 0.01, 0.07, 0.00, 0.00, 0.05, 0.00, 0.00, 0.03],
[0.07, 0.95, 0.05, 0.04, 0.00, 0.02, 0.12, 0.00, 0.00],
[0.01, 0.02, 0.86, 0.27, 0.16, 0.19, 0.00, 0.00, 0.00],
[0.01, 0.03, 0.00, 0.32, 0.29, 0.27, 0.00, 0.00, 0.95],
[0.02, 0.00, 0.03, 0.37, 0.56, 0.47, 0.87, 0.00, 0.00]]),
('CO & O3', [
[0.87, 0.01, 0.08, 0.00, 0.00, 0.04, 0.00, 0.00, 0.01],
[0.09, 0.95, 0.02, 0.03, 0.00, 0.01, 0.13, 0.06, 0.00],
[0.01, 0.02, 0.71, 0.24, 0.13, 0.16, 0.00, 0.50, 0.00],
[0.01, 0.03, 0.00, 0.28, 0.24, 0.23, 0.00, 0.44, 0.88],
[0.02, 0.00, 0.18, 0.45, 0.64, 0.55, 0.86, 0.00, 0.16]])
]
return data
if __name__ == '__main__':
N = 9
theta = radar_factory(N, frame='polygon')
data = example_data()
spoke_labels = data.pop(0)
fig, axs = plt.subplots(figsize=(9, 9), nrows=2, ncols=2,
subplot_kw=dict(projection='radar'))
fig.subplots_adjust(wspace=0.25, hspace=0.20, top=0.85, bottom=0.05)
colors = ['b', 'r', 'g', 'm', 'y']
# Plot the four cases from the example data on separate axes
for ax, (title, case_data) in zip(axs.flat, data):
ax.set_rgrids([0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8])
ax.set_title(title, weight='bold', size='medium', position=(0.5, 1.1),
horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='center')
for d, color in zip(case_data, colors):
ax.plot(theta, d, color=color)
ax.fill(theta, d, facecolor=color, alpha=0.25)
ax.set_varlabels(spoke_labels)
# add legend relative to top-left plot
labels = ('Factor 1', 'Factor 2', 'Factor 3', 'Factor 4', 'Factor 5')
legend = axs[0, 0].legend(labels, loc=(0.9, .95),
labelspacing=0.1, fontsize='small')
fig.text(0.5, 0.965, '5-Factor Solution Profiles Across Four Scenarios',
horizontalalignment='center', color='black', weight='bold',
size='large')
plt.show()
Actual outcome
Expected outcome
It used to work in older versions, like in 3.2.1. But it stopped working in 3.3.0.
Matplotlib version
- Operating system: Ubuntu 20.04
- Matplotlib version (
import matplotlib; print(matplotlib.__version__)
): 3.4.1 - Matplotlib backend (
print(matplotlib.get_backend())
): backend_interagg - Python version: 3.8.5
- Jupyter version (if applicable): NA
- Other libraries: numpy 1.20.2
Python was installed via the package manager of Ubuntu. matplotlib via pip3.