Polar Axes Radians

Question

You can see from this example (found online) I have a radius of 1. Is there a way to increase the radius to four or five? I am trying to make a template for my students to graph on.

\documentclass[11pt]{minimal}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepgfplotslibrary{polar}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
    \pgfplotsset{compat=newest}
\pgfplotsset{my style polar/.append style={xticklabels={,,
$\frac{\pi}{6}$, $\frac{\pi}{3}$, $\frac{\pi}{2}$, $\frac{2\pi}{3}$,
$\frac{5\pi}{6}$, $\pi$, $\frac{7\pi}{6}$, $\frac{4\pi}{3}$,
$\frac{3\pi}{2}$, $\frac{5\pi}{3}$,$\frac{11\pi}{6}$,}, thick }}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{polaraxis}[my style polar]
\end{polaraxis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

Any help would be appreciated. I tried looking the PGFPlots manual in 5.10, but I didn't see how they were able to change the radius unless I had a graph.

Unrelated: Do not use the minimal class. https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/42114/why-should-the-minimal-class-be-avoided — hpekristiansen, Feb 19 '22 at 21:37

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 19 '22 at 21:34

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\documentclass[border=1cm]{standalone}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.18}
\usepgfplotslibrary{polar}
\pgfplotsset{my style polar/.append style={xticklabels={,,
$\frac{\pi}{6}$, $\frac{\pi}{3}$, $\frac{\pi}{2}$, $\frac{2\pi}{3}$,
$\frac{5\pi}{6}$, $\pi$, $\frac{7\pi}{6}$, $\frac{4\pi}{3}$,
$\frac{3\pi}{2}$, $\frac{5\pi}{3}$,$\frac{11\pi}{6}$,}, thick }}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{polaraxis}[my style polar, ymax=4]
\end{polaraxis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

answered Feb 19 '22 at 21:34

hpekristiansen

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I was able to remove the y label, but is there anyway to make the dark horizontal line match the rest? I don't want it to stick out. – Nick B Feb 20 '22 at 01:24
1

Add this option: y axis line style={draw=none} – hpekristiansen Feb 20 '22 at 01:54
works perfectly! Thank you so much!! – Nick B Feb 20 '22 at 09:55

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 19 '22 at 22:00

You need to recall your style AND ADD ONE FUNCTION TO PLOT. The code:

\documentclass[11pt]{minimal}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepgfplotslibrary{polar}
\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}
\pgfplotsset{my style polar/.append style={xticklabels={,,
            $\frac{\pi}{6}$, $\frac{\pi}{3}$, $\frac{\pi}{2}$, $\frac{2\pi}{3}$,
            $\frac{5\pi}{6}$, $\pi$, $\frac{7\pi}{6}$, $\frac{4\pi}{3}$,
            $\frac{3\pi}{2}$, $\frac{5\pi}{3}$,$\frac{11\pi}{6}$,}, thick }}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
    \begin{polaraxis}[xmin=0,xmax=360,
        domain=0:360,
        my style polar,
        no markers]
        \addplot +[orange, very thick, smooth] {3*cos(6*x)+2*sin(3*x)};
    \end{polaraxis}
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

The output:

Polar Axes Radians

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