Polar plot

This example demonstrates the construction of a polar plot of a parametric function, sin(2t)cos(2t). A d3.svg.line.radial is used to draw the red line. Note the definition of the line’s angle: D3’s radial lines and areas proceed clockwise starting at 12 o’clock, while this plot proceeds counterclockwise starting at 3 o’clock!

forked from mbostock's block: Polar Plot

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>

.frame {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #000;
}

.axis text {
  font: 10px sans-serif;
}

.axis line,
.axis circle {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #777;
  stroke-dasharray: 1,4;
}

.axis :last-of-type circle {
  stroke: #333;
  stroke-dasharray: none;
}

.line {
  fill: none;
  stroke: red;
  stroke-width: 1.5px;
}

</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>

var data = d3.range(0, 2 * Math.PI, .01).map(function(t) {
  return [t, Math.sin(2 * t) * Math.cos(2 * t)];
});

var width = 960,
    height = 500,
    radius = Math.min(width, height) / 2 - 30;

var r = d3.scale.linear()
    .domain([0, .5])
    .range([0, radius]);

var line = d3.svg.line.radial()
    .radius(function(d) { return r(d[1]); })
    .angle(function(d) { return -d[0] + Math.PI / 2; });

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
    .attr("width", width)
    .attr("height", height)
  .append("g")
    .attr("transform", "translate(" + width / 2 + "," + height / 2 + ")");

var gr = svg.append("g")
    .attr("class", "r axis")
  .selectAll("g")
    .data(r.ticks(5).slice(1))
  .enter().append("g");

gr.append("circle")
    .attr("r", r);

gr.append("text")
    .attr("y", function(d) { return -r(d) - 4; })
    .attr("transform", "rotate(15)")
    .style("text-anchor", "middle")
    .text(function(d) { return d; });

var ga = svg.append("g")
    .attr("class", "a axis")
  .selectAll("g")
    .data(d3.range(0, 360, 30))
  .enter().append("g")
    .attr("transform", function(d) { return "rotate(" + -d + ")"; });

ga.append("line")
    .attr("x2", radius);

ga.append("text")
    .attr("x", radius + 6)
    .attr("dy", ".35em")
    .style("text-anchor", function(d) { return d < 270 && d > 90 ? "end" : null; })
    .attr("transform", function(d) { return d < 270 && d > 90 ? "rotate(180 " + (radius + 6) + ",0)" : null; })
    .text(function(d) { return d + "°"; });

svg.append("path")
    .datum(data)
    .attr("class", "line")
    .attr("d", line);

</script>

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