arcplot 0.1.0

arcplot is a library based on matplotlib for seamless creation of arc diagrams.

arcplot

arcplot is a library based on matplotlib for seamless creation of arc diagrams.

usage

from arcplot import ArcDiagram

nodes = ["The Good", "The Bad", "The Ugly"]
title = "Characters pointing guns at each other in Sergio Leone's film"
arc_diagram = ArcDiagram(nodes, title)
arc_diagram.set_background_color("#c7a27d")
arc_diagram.connect("The Good", "The Bad")
arc_diagram.connect("The Good", "The Ugly")
arc_diagram.connect("The Ugly", "The Bad")
arc_diagram.show_plot()

nodes = [
    "Angela",
    "Pam",
    "Karen",
    "Holly",
    "Kelly",
    "Jan",
    "Michael",
    "Jim",
    "Andy",
    "Roy",
    "Ryan",
    "Darrel",
    "Dwight",
]
title = "The Office relationships"
arc_diagram = ArcDiagram(nodes, title)
arc_diagram.set_color_map("Pastel2")
arc_diagram.set_background_color("black")
arc_diagram.connect("Pam", "Jim")
arc_diagram.connect("Pam", "Roy")
arc_diagram.connect("Michael", "Holly")
arc_diagram.connect("Michael", "Jan")
arc_diagram.connect("Karen", "Jim")
arc_diagram.connect("Kelly", "Ryan")
arc_diagram.connect("Kelly", "Darrel")
arc_diagram.connect("Angela", "Dwight")
arc_diagram.connect("Angela", "Andy")
arc_diagram.save_plot_as("the-office.png", resolution="300") # resolution is optional, defaults to 'figure'

function list

ArcDiagram(nodes, title) # for initializing an ArcDiagram the entities to connect and the title is required.
.set_background_color(string) # for setting background color of the matplotlib figure.
.set_color_map(string) # for setting color map, choose from: https://matplotlib.org/stable/users/explain/colors/colormaps.html
.connect(start, end) # for creating an arc between two entities.
.show_plot() # for checking the results of the data visualization process.
.save_plot_as(file_name, resolution="100") # for saving file as an image with an optional resolution setting for higher-quality images.

installation

pip install arcplot