Hi Andreas, Andreas Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/04/2007 10:10:51 AM:
> This is a typical use case for glyphs and textPath. In SVG you can > define you own glyphs (with your own geometry) and then use the textPath > element to align these glyphs along the path element. Duh, I had forgotten about that 'hack'. Thanks for pointing it out. > You can use scripting and the DOM (SVGPathElement.getTotalLength) to > detect the path length and then calculate how many glyphs you need. I > succesfully use this methods for geomorphologic and geologic maps. This > is also a typical procedure in desktop mapping. It occurs to me you could get similar results constructing a polygon and using markers as well. In some cases it might be a little clearer. It might also be easier to space the marks along the lines as well (although dx would work as well). > Opera 9.1 also has the method="stretch" attribute implemented, which can > warp the individual glyphs along the path. However, as far as I know, > Opera 9 is the only SVG viewer that has this feature implemented. But > already without this method, the textPath feature is very useful. > > Here is one textPath example with a self-defined glyph. Its from > Winter/Überschärs book (german) on SVG mapping: > http://www.carto.net/neumann/temp/self_defined_glyphs_on_path.svg > > Andreas > > Amy Comstock wrote: > > > All, > > > > I have a set of third party svg's. They all draw a symbol or are an > > example of a fill pattern. > > > > The svg's are set up like this: > > > > <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"; xml:space="preserve" > > width="xxmm" height="xxmm" style="shape-rendering:geometricPrecision; > > text-rendering:geometricPrecision; image-rendering:optimizeQuality; > > fill-rule:evenodd; clip-rule:evenodd" > > viewBox="0 0 xx yy"> > > > > <defs> > > cdata section > > </defs> > > <g id="xx"> > > <g id="yy"> > > <line/path/polyline/etc id="zz" class="abc" coordinate > > list> > > </g> > > there may be multiple subgroups, all with separate id's > > </g> > > </svg> > > > > What I need to do is outline a line/polyline/polygon/path using these > > svg's. > > I tried creating a pattern using the third party svg and then setting > > the pattern as the stroke. The problem is, that doesn't orient the svg > > correctly. > > > > This is what the svg I'm using looks like: > > > > Emacs! > > > > > > When using that svg as the stroke pattern, I end up with this: > > > > Emacs! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What I really want is this, to draw the edges using the pattern: > > Emacs! > > > > > > > > > > Any ideas on how to do this? Is it even possible? > > > > I'm using apache batik to do the drawing in a jsvgcanvas. > > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------- > Andreas Neumann > Institute of Cartography > ETH Zurich > Wolfgang-Paulistrasse 15 > CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland > > Phone: ++41-44-633 3031, Fax: ++41-44-633 1153 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www: http://www.carto.net/neumann/ > SVG.Open: http://www.svgopen.org/ > Carto.net: http://www.carto.net/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
