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Some differences between plotly ans pgfplots

We gather here some points that are different between a plotly figure and the corresponding tikz figure generated with tikzplotly.

  • Size of the objects: in plotly, the size is given in px unit, while in tikz it is given in pt. A conversion is performed (1 px = 0.75 pt), but this still results in objects of different sizes.
  • By default, the colors or the markers are not the same in plotly and pgfplots. For instance, if nothing is specified, plotly will always use a dot marker, while pgfplot will change for each trace.
  • The order of displaying the traces may be unconsistent between plotly and pgfplots. For instance, for this example, the two traces are inverted.