Matplotlib radar chart. Adapted from http://matplotlib.org/examples/api/radar_chart.html

Radar-Chart How-to

## How to Use:

from radar import radar_graph

labels = ['v1', 'v2', 'v3', 'v4', 'v5', 'v6', 'v7', 'v8', 'v9']
values = [1, 1, 2, 7, 4, 0, 3, 10, 6]
optimum = [5, 3, 2, 4, 5, 7, 5, 8, 5]

radar_graph(labels, values, optimum)

## Notes:
## Colors -> values will draw in black and optimum in red
## png resolution -> change the resolution to 'x' in the last line like: plt.savefig("radar.png", dpi=x)

radar.py

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.path import Path
from matplotlib.spines import Spine
from matplotlib.projections.polar import PolarAxes
from matplotlib.projections import register_projection

def _radar_factory(num_vars):
    theta = 2*np.pi * np.linspace(0, 1-1./num_vars, num_vars)
    theta += np.pi/2

    def unit_poly_verts(theta):
        x0, y0, r = [0.5] * 3
        verts = [(r*np.cos(t) + x0, r*np.sin(t) + y0) for t in theta]
        return verts

    class RadarAxes(PolarAxes):
        name = 'radar'
        RESOLUTION = 1

        def fill(self, *args, **kwargs):
            closed = kwargs.pop('closed', True)
            return super(RadarAxes, self).fill(closed=closed, *args, **kwargs)

        def plot(self, *args, **kwargs):
            lines = super(RadarAxes, self).plot(*args, **kwargs)
            for line in lines:
                self._close_line(line)

        def _close_line(self, line):
            x, y = line.get_data()
            # FIXME: markers at x[0], y[0] get doubled-up
            if x[0] != x[-1]:
                x = np.concatenate((x, [x[0]]))
                y = np.concatenate((y, [y[0]]))
                line.set_data(x, y)

        def set_varlabels(self, labels):
            self.set_thetagrids(theta * 180/np.pi, labels)

        def _gen_axes_patch(self):
            verts = unit_poly_verts(theta)
            return plt.Polygon(verts, closed=True, edgecolor='k')

        def _gen_axes_spines(self):
            spine_type = 'circle'
            verts = unit_poly_verts(theta)
            verts.append(verts[0])
            path = Path(verts)
            spine = Spine(self, spine_type, path)
            spine.set_transform(self.transAxes)
            return {'polar': spine}

    register_projection(RadarAxes)
    return theta

def radar_graph(labels = [], values = [], optimum = []):
    N = len(labels) 
    theta = _radar_factory(N)
    max_val = max(max(optimum), max(values))
    fig = plt.figure()
    ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 1, 1, projection='radar')
    ax.plot(theta, values, color='k')
    ax.plot(theta, optimum, color='r')
    ax.set_varlabels(labels)
    #plt.show()
    plt.savefig("radar.png", dpi=100)

Hi,

I was using your code to visualize some results in my research,
and couldn't help but notice you aren't using the max_val (line 60);

Do you know how to setup a min_val and max_val for the whole graph?

Thanks,

Having same problem here @dvro, have you find anyway to use max_val?