"""Original cylindrical basis sketch; Python 3.14, numpy and matplotlib. Write the white PNG to cwd, normally the mirrored media directory. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): phi = np.deg2rad(32) er = np.array([np.cos(phi), np.sin(phi)]) ep = np.array([-np.sin(phi), np.cos(phi)]) point = 1.25*er fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7, 5.3), facecolor='white', layout='constrained') ax.set_facecolor('white') arc = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 500) ax.plot(1.25*np.cos(arc), 1.25*np.sin(arc), color='0.85', lw=1) ax.annotate('', xy=(2.15, 0), xytext=(-0.25, 0), arrowprops={'arrowstyle': '->', 'color': 'black'}) ax.annotate('', xy=(0, 1.95), xytext=(0, -0.25), arrowprops={'arrowstyle': '->', 'color': 'black'}) ax.text(2.16, -.08, '$x$', fontsize=13) ax.text(-.12, 1.96, '$y$', fontsize=13) ax.plot([0, point[0]], [0, point[1]], '--', color='0.5', lw=1.1) ax.text(.48, .37, r'$\rho$', fontsize=13) theta = np.linspace(0, phi, 100) ax.plot(.42*np.cos(theta), .42*np.sin(theta), color='0.35') ax.text(.48, .09, r'$\phi$', fontsize=13) for direction, label, colour in [(er, r'$\mathbf{e}_\rho$', '#1671a3'), (ep, r'$\mathbf{e}_\phi$', '#b3581c')]: endpoint = point+.85*direction ax.annotate('', xy=endpoint, xytext=point, arrowprops={'arrowstyle': '-|>', 'lw': 2, 'color': colour, 'mutation_scale': 15}) ax.text(*(endpoint+.10*direction), label, fontsize=15, color=colour) ax.scatter(*point, s=105, facecolor='white', edgecolor='#333333', zorder=6) ax.scatter(*point, s=12, color='#333333', zorder=7) ax.annotate(r'$\mathbf{e}_z$: out of the plane', xy=point, xytext=(.55, 1.75), arrowprops={'arrowstyle': '-', 'color': '.35'}, fontsize=12) ax.text(-.17, -.16, '$O$', fontsize=12) ax.set(xlim=(-.45, 2.45), ylim=(-.35, 2.15), aspect='equal', title=r'Local cylindrical basis at $\phi=32^\circ$') ax.axis('off') fig.savefig(Path('paper-1-q1-cylindrical-basis.png'), dpi=160, facecolor='white') plt.close(fig) if __name__ == '__main__': main()