PolarGridLines

is an option for sector charts and polar plots that specifies polar grid lines.

Details

• Polar grid lines can be both radial and angular.
• The following settings can be given for PolarGridLines:
•  None no grid lines drawn Automatic grid lines placed automatically {radial,angular} grid lines specified separately in each direction
• With the Automatic setting, grid lines are usually placed at points whose coordinates have the minimum number of digits in their decimal representation.
• For each direction, the following grid line options can be given:
•  None no grid lines drawn Automatic grid line positions chosen automatically {t1,t2,…} grid lines drawn at the specified positions {{t1,style1},…} grid lines with specified styles func a function to be applied to tmin, tmax to get the grid line option
• The positions of radial grid lines are specified by angles in radians, measured counterclockwise from the positive axis.
• Grid line styles can involve any graphics directives, such as RGBColor and Thickness.
• The grid line function func[tmin,tmax] may return any other grid line option.
• GridLinesStyle gives default styles to use for grid lines.

Examples

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Basic Examples(4)

Use automatically chosen polar grid lines:

Draw grid lines at the specified positions:

Specify polar grid styles:

Specify overall grid line style, using GridLinesStyle:

Scope(7)

PolarGridLines Positions(4)

Place the polar grids automatically:

Place grid lines in angular direction:

Place grid lines in radial direction:

For sector charts draw grid lines tangent to sector angles:

For sector charts draw grid lines tangent to sector radius:

For sector charts draw grid lines tangent to sector boundaries:

PolarGridLines Styling(3)

Specify the style of each grid line:

Specify overall grid line style, using GridLinesStyle:

Individually styled polar grid lines can be used with GridLinesStyle, and have higher priority:

Generalizations & Extensions(1)

Specify a grid function applied to tmin and tmax values in each direction:

Wolfram Research (2008), PolarGridLines, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolarGridLines.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2008), PolarGridLines, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolarGridLines.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2008. "PolarGridLines." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolarGridLines.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2008). PolarGridLines. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolarGridLines.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2022_polargridlines, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PolarGridLines}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolarGridLines.html}", note=[Accessed: 05-July-2022 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2022_polargridlines, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PolarGridLines}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolarGridLines.html}, note=[Accessed: 05-July-2022 ]}