Difficulties with parametric plots

That is indeed very ambitious :slight_smile: . Perhaps for that complicated layout Makie is the best option? Their showcase is quite impressive: http://juliaplots.org/MakieReferenceImages/gallery/index.html

(I am certain that no programming language is by itself the easiest way to do plots, particularly the simpler ones, probably that one is Origin. But, as you said, we learn programming languages for other reasons, and plotting comes along as a bonus).