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plotrix (version 2.3-1)
Various plotting functions
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Lots of plots, various labeling, axis and color scaling functions.
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install.packages('plotrix')
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Version
2.3-1
License
GPL (>=2)
Maintainer
Jim Lemon
Last Published
February 13th, 2026
Functions in plotrix (2.3-1)
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axis.mult
Display an axis with values having a multiplier
axis.break
Place a "break" mark on an axis
get.triprop
Enter three proportion data - usually soil textures.
triax.abline
Lines for triangle plot
fan.plot
Display a fan plot.
gradient.rect
Display a rectangle filled with an arbitrary color gradient.
color.legend
Legend matching categories or values to colors
sizeplot
Plot with repeated symbols by size
polar.plot
Plot values on a circular grid of 0 to 360 degrees.
triax.points
Triangle plot points
pie3D.labels
Display labels on a 3D pie chart
centipede.plot
Display a centipede plot
symbolbox
Draw a box filled with symbols
cluster.overplot
Shift overlying points into clusters.
color2D.matplot
Display a numeric matrix as color matrix
clock24.plot
Plot values on a 24 hour "clockface".
count.overplot
Show overlying points as counts
bin.wind.records
Classify wind direction and speed records.
draw.tilted.sector
Display a 3D pie sector
oz.windrose
Display an Australian wind rose.
staxlab
Place staggered labels on an axis
get.segs
Calculate the midpoints and limits for a centipede plot
plotCI
Plot confidence intervals/error bars
arctext
Display text on a circular arc.
addtable2plot
Add a table of values to a plot
brkdn.plot
A point/line plotting routine
get.gantt.info
Gather the information to create a Gantt chart
color.scale
Turn values into colors.
symbolbarplot
barplot filled with symbols
polygon.shadow
Display a shadow effect for an arbitrary polygon
gantt.chart
Display a Gantt chart
soils
Soil texture data from 125 soils
oz.windrose.legend
Display an Australian wind rose legend.
cylindrect
Display an apparent cylinder
boxed.labels
Place labels in boxes
multhist
Plot a multiple histogram, as a barplot
get.breaks
Get the breakpoints for a weighted histogram
radial.plot
Plot values on a circular grid of 0 to 2*pi radians.
color.id
Identify closest match to a color
color.gradient
Calculate an arbitrary sequence of colors.
feather.plot
Display vectors along a horizontal reference line.
draw.circle
Draw a circle.
twoord.plot
Plot with two ordinates
pie.labels
Place labels on a pie chart
corner.loc
Find corner locations and display a label
pie3D
Display a 3D pie chart
taylor.diagram
Taylor diagram
rescale
Scale numbers into a new range.
triax.plot
Triangle plot
spread.labels
Spread labels for irregularly spaced values
pyramid.plot
Pyramid plot
hexagon
Draw a hexagon
soil.texture
Soil texture triangle plot
get.soil.texture
Enter soil texture data.
clean.args
Remove inappropriate arguments from an argument list
floating.pie
Display a floating pie chart
triax.frame
Triangle plot frame
smoothColors
Build a vector of color values.
barp
A bar plotting routine
draw.arc
Draw arc
dispbars
Dispersion bars
emptyspace
Find an empty space on a plot.
thigmophobe
Find the direction away from the closest point
std.error
Calculate standard error of the mean
thigmophobe.labels
Place labels away from the nearest point
weighted.hist
Display a weighted histogram
textbox
Add text box
gap.plot
Display a plot with one or two gaps (missing ranges) on one axis
gap.boxplot
Display a boxplot with a gap (missing range)
gap.barplot
Display a barplot with a gap (missing range) on one axis
multsymbolbox
Draw boxes filled with symbols
color.scale.lines
Line segments with scaled colors.
tab.title
Display the title of a plot as a colored tab.
stackpoly
Display the columns of a matrix or data frame as stacked polygons.