Richard Hattersley, on 2011-07-13 09:58, wrote: > Is there a standard way to add fixed-size, arbitrary-design symbols to axes? > - Their position must be given in data coordinates > - Their size must be given in physical coordinates (inches/points) > > They basically need to behave like plot markers, but with the ability to > specifiy arbitrary designs. > e.g. See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cloud_cover_3.svg for an > example symbol. > > Currently I'm defining my symbols using a sequence of Patch objects, and then > using PatchCollection (with its offsets and transOffset properties, and its > set_transform() method) to do the positioning/scaling. > > Is there a better way?
This looks similar enough: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/api/scatter_piecharts.html best, -- Paul Ivanov 314 address only used for lists, off-list direct email at: http://pirsquared.org | GPG/PGP key id: 0x0F3E28F7
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