PyX - Python graphics package

3d plot example
3d plot example

Summary

PyX is a Python package for the creation of PostScript and PDF files. It combines an abstraction of the PostScript drawing model with a TeX/LaTeX interface. Complex tasks like 2d and 3d plots in publication-ready quality are built out of these primitives.

Features

  • PostScript and PDF output for device independent, freely scalable figures
  • seamless TeX/LaTeX integration
  • full access to PostScript features like paths, linestyles, fill patterns, transformations, clipping, bitmap inclusion, etc.
  • advanced geometric operations on paths like intersections, transformations, splitting, smoothing, etc.
  • sophisticated graph generation: modular design, pluggable axes, axes partitioning based on rational number arithmetics, flexible graph styles, etc.

Status and Availability

PyX is in steady development. Planned features are listed on the roadmap. The current release, PyX 0.10, is available at the download section of the SourceForge project page.

News

2007-10-03: PyX 0.10 released
This release adds 3d plotting facilities to PyX using parallel or central projection. Two new graph styles grids and surfaces can be used in 3d graphs as well as some existing generic graph styles (symbols, lines, errorbars etc.). Several new examples, various other improvements requested by PyX users and some bugfixes complete this release.
2006-09-14: Talk about Type1 fonts and PyX in Rosenheim
A talk about Type1 fonts and PyX was presented at the fall meeting of the German Speaking TeX User Group DANTE e.V. (September 14th and 15th, Rosenheim). The presentation is available in German (pdf, 19 pages, 226 KB) and in a crude english translation.

For a full record of all news consult the news page.

Authors and License

PyX is written by Jörg Lehmann, Michael Schindler, and André Wobst. PyX is free software licensed under the GNU GPL Version 2. Other licensing schemes might be available upon request. Refer to the license page for further information.

Thanks

The authors kindly acknowledge financial support from the German Speaking TeX User Group DANTE e.V.