PieCharts`
PieCharts`

PieOrientation

As of Version 7.0, PieOrientation has been superseded by SectorOrigin.

PieOrientation

is an option for PieChart that determines the placement of the first piece of data.

Details and Options

  • To use PieOrientation, you first need to load the Pie Charts Package using Needs["PieCharts`"].
  • PieOrientation->θ starts the pie chart along the angle θ. θ=0 corresponds to the positive x axis, and increases in a counterclockwise direction.
  • PieOrientation->dir fills the pie chart in the specified direction. dir can be either "Clockwise" or "CounterClockwise".
  • PieOrientation->{θ,dir} starts along the angle θ and proceeds in the direction dir.
  • PieOrientation->Automatic is the same as PieOrientation->{0,"CounterClockwise"}.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)

The first pie wedge normally starts along the positive x axis and proceeds in a counterclockwise direction:

Start along the positive y axis:

Proceed in a clockwise direction:

Start along the positive y axis, and proceed in a clockwise direction:

Wolfram Research (2007), PieOrientation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PieCharts/ref/PieOrientation.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2007), PieOrientation, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PieCharts/ref/PieOrientation.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2007. "PieOrientation." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PieCharts/ref/PieOrientation.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2007). PieOrientation. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PieCharts/ref/PieOrientation.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_pieorientation, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PieOrientation}", year="2007", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PieCharts/ref/PieOrientation.html}", note=[Accessed: 22-December-2024 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2024_pieorientation, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PieOrientation}, year={2007}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/PieCharts/ref/PieOrientation.html}, note=[Accessed: 22-December-2024 ]}