is an option for sector charts and polar plots that specifies tick marks for polar axes.


PolarTicks
is an option for sector charts and polar plots that specifies tick marks for polar axes.
Details

- The following settings can be given for PolarTicks:
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None no polar tick marks drawn Automatic polar tick marks placed automatically {θticks,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:
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None no tick marks drawn Automatic tick 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 func a 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.
Examples
open all close allBasic 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:
Scope (10)
Ticks Positions and Labeling (5)
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:
Related Guides
History
Text
Wolfram Research (2008), PolarTicks, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolarTicks.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2008. "PolarTicks." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolarTicks.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2008). PolarTicks. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolarTicks.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_polarticks, author="Wolfram Research", title="{PolarTicks}", year="2008", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolarTicks.html}", note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_polarticks, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={PolarTicks}, year={2008}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/PolarTicks.html}, note=[Accessed: 08-August-2025]}