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PolarTicks

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

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Ticks Styling  
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PolarTicks

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:
  • Noneno polar tick marks drawn
    Automaticpolar 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:
  • 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.

Examples

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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:

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:

Ticks Styling  (5)

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 the radial direction:

Specify a ticks function applied to tmin and tmax values in the angular direction:

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

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: 29-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: 29-August-2025]}