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PolarTicks

PolarTicks
is an option for sector charts and polar plots that specifies tick marks for polar axes.
  • The following settings can be given for PolarTicks:
Noneno polar tick marks drawn
Automaticpolar tick marks placed automatically
{Thetaticks,rticks}separate specifications for angular and radial ticks
  • With the Automatic setting, tick marks are usually placed at points whose coordinates have the minimum number of digits in their decimal representation.
  • For each axis, the following tick mark options can be given:
Noneno tick marks drawn
Automatictick mark positions and labels chosen automatically
{t1,t2,...}tick marks drawn at the specified positions
{{t1,label1},{t2,label2},...}tick marks drawn with the specified labels
{{t1,label1,len1},...}tick marks with specified scaled length
{{t1,label1,{plen1,mlen1}},...}tick marks with specified lengths in the positive and negative directions
{{t1,label1,len1,style1},...}tick marks with specified styles
funca function to be applied to tmin, tmax to get the tick mark specification
  • For the angular ticks the following symbolic names can be given: "Degrees", "Radians", "Percent".
  • If no explicit labels are given, the tick mark labels are given as the numerical values of the tick mark positions.
  • Any expression can be given as a tick mark label.
  • Tick mark lengths are given as a fraction of the distance across the whole plot.
  • Tick mark styles can involve any graphics directives.
  • The tick mark function func[tmin, tmax] may return any other tick mark option.
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Basic Examples   (3)
Place polar tick marks and labels automatically:
Place polar tick marks at the specified positions:
Specify overall polar ticks style, including polar tick labels, using TicksStyle:
Place polar tick marks and labels automatically:
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Place polar tick marks at the specified positions:
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Specify overall polar ticks style, including polar tick labels, using TicksStyle:
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Scope   (9)
Place ticks on the angular axes only:
Place ticks on radial axes only:
Draw angular tick marks at the specified positions:
Draw radial tick marks at the specified positions:
Draw angular tick marks at the specified positions with the specified labels:
Draw radial tick marks at the specified positions with the specified labels:
Specify radial ticks using scaled lengths:
Specify angular ticks:
Specify angular ticks using scaled lengths:
Specify tick marks with scaled lengths in positive and negative directions:
 
Specify the style of each tick mark:
Specify radial ticks using scaled lengths:
Generalizations & Extensions   (1)
Specify a ticks function applied to tmin and tmax values in radial direction:
Specify a ticks function applied to tmin and tmax values in angular direction:
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