Rotate a matplotlib Path object

Question

I'm using a matplotlib Path object to create a custom plotting marker as described here. I'd like to rotate the resulting path about its center by an arbitrary angle. Any suggestions on how to do this would be greatly appreciated.

Here's the code I'm using to create and plot the custom marker

import matplotlib.path
import matplotlib.pylab as plt

def getCustomMarker():

    verts = [( -5 , -15 ),
                ( -5 , -5 ),
                ( -15 , -5 ),
                ( -15 , 5 ),
                ( -5 , 5 ),
                ( -5 , 15 ),
                ( 5 , 15 ),
                ( 5 , 5 ),
                ( 15 , 5 ),
                ( 15 , -5 ),
                ( 5 , -5 ),
                ( 5 , -15 ),
                ( -5 , -15 )]

    verts = verts

    codes = [matplotlib.path.Path.MOVETO,
                matplotlib.path.Path.LINETO,
                matplotlib.path.Path.LINETO,
                matplotlib.path.Path.LINETO,
                matplotlib.path.Path.LINETO,
                matplotlib.path.Path.LINETO,
                matplotlib.path.Path.LINETO,
                matplotlib.path.Path.LINETO,
                matplotlib.path.Path.LINETO,
                matplotlib.path.Path.LINETO,
                matplotlib.path.Path.LINETO,
                matplotlib.path.Path.LINETO,
                matplotlib.path.Path.CLOSEPOLY]

    path = matplotlib.path.Path(verts, codes)

    return path

plt.scatter([0,0],[0,0], marker=getCustomMarker(), s=5000)
plt.show()

This is what I get:

This is the change I'd like to affect:

Answer 1

You could call the transformed method on your path object with a rotational transform.

import matplotlib as mpl

marker = getCustomMarker()
marker = marker.transformed(mpl.transforms.Affine2D().rotate_deg(45))
plt.scatter([0,0],[0,0], marker=marker, s=5000)
plt.show()