Michael Schindler wrote:
Hello Gary,
On 26.02.06, Gary wrote:
Consider the script below. I expected the second line, the one to
x1,y1, to hit the circle due west of center. When I run the script, the
end of the line is far above the circle.
What am I misunderstanding?
Also, let me know if there is a more elegant syntax.
thanks,
-gary
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from pyx import *
from math import pi
c = canvas.canvas()
circle = path.circle(2,2,.2)
x, y = circle.at(0.)
x1, y1 = circle.at(pi)
The circle is a general path at this point, thus not parameterised by
an angle but by either the arclength or by the generic parameters of
the Bezier curves it consists of.
What happened, is that the "arclength" 3.1415 you inserted above, is
bigger than the total arclength of 1.25 of the circle. Therefore, you
get a point that is extrapolated from the very last path element the
circle consists of (This is probably a short closing line)
This is what you wanted:
x, y = circle.at(0.)
x1, y1 = circle.at(0.5*circle.arclen())
because the standard parameterisation is in arclength.
Thank you.
Ok, now a few things are falling into place, in particular the
discussion of parameters in
http://pyx.sourceforge.net/manual/node7.html
I understand things a little better now (still more to grok).
Does every path have an arclength? Even a compound path? I suppose so,
since the circle is a compound path.
I think that my confusion was caused in part by the fact that the
example at the end of
http://pyx.sourceforge.net/manual/node7.html
uses a unit circle, so the arclength equals the angle.
c.stroke(path.path(path.moveto(0,0), path.lineto(x, y)))
c.stroke(path.path(path.moveto(0,0), path.lineto(x1, y1)))
c.stroke(circle)
c.writeEPSfile("test")
Best,
Michael.
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