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Circular Tree

[source code]

import networkx as nx
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

try:
    import pygraphviz
    from networkx.drawing.nx_agraph import graphviz_layout
except ImportError:
    try:
        import pydotplus
        from networkx.drawing.nx_pydot import graphviz_layout
    except ImportError:
        raise ImportError("This example needs Graphviz and either "
                          "PyGraphviz or PyDotPlus")

G = nx.balanced_tree(3, 5)
pos = graphviz_layout(G, prog='twopi', args='')
plt.figure(figsize=(8, 8))
nx.draw(G, pos, node_size=20, alpha=0.5, node_color="blue", with_labels=False)
plt.axis('equal')
plt.savefig('circular_tree.png')
plt.show()