It is, as you said, going to need sin and cos. The X movement would be 30 * cos(37/180 * Pi), and the Y movement would be 30 * sin(37/180 * Pi), in your example case.
> On Jan 30, 2017, at 11:14 PM, Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > The problem is not with drawing the line. > > The problem is how, when the turtle's "nose" is pointing at, say, 37 degrees > from the vertical > one can get it to move FORWARD for 30 units. > > Richmond. > > On 1/30/17 11:46 pm, Tore Nilsen via use-livecode wrote: >>> 30. jan. 2017 kl. 21.20 skrev Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: >>> >>> 2.2. I wonder how my turtle will be seen to draw a pen line from the two >>> ends of the "line". >> If you would like the “turtle” to move to the points of the line then, lock >> screen, draw the line, hide the line and unlock the screen before you start >> moving the “turtle”. Then no-one will ever see the line and you can delete >> last graphic once the turtle has stopped moving. >> >> Regards >> Tore Nilsen >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
