Ed Leafe wrote: > On Jul 12, 2007, at 1:06 PM, Brendan Barnwell wrote: > >> It's kind of weird that for the circle you specify a center and >> two endpoints, >> but for the ellipse you specify the rectangle and and an angle. >> Specifying a >> center and angle for the circular arc would seem more natural to >> me. (Also, >> what happens if the endpoints you specify aren't the same distance >> from the >> center point?) > > Yeah, it does seem odd. I've played with it just a bit, and the > results are sorta sane, but not the way I would have done it. It > starts with the center point and the start point, using that distance > as the radius, and draws a counter-clockwise arc until the closing > segment would intersect the end point. > >> Would it be possible to get a dabo wrapper that lets you specify >> the center and angle? > > I think it would need: center point, radius, start angle, end angle. > Does that make sense?
I feel like an idiot, because I can't follow this. A circle can be defined simply with a center point and radius. Why the talk of angles? Or, are we not talking about simple circles? -- pkm ~ http://paulmcnett.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/dabo-users/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
