Hi James thanks for the pointer - good to have in the library 2009/4/2 James Hurley <jhurley0...@sbcglobal.net>
> >> Message: 8 >> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:52:04 +0100 >> From: David Bovill <da...@vaudevillecourt.tv> >> Subject: Creating complex graphic objects >> To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution@lists.runrev.com> >> Message-ID: >> <c1c5836b0904020652u7308dd7ie2f64073c08a...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> I've a couple of shapes that I need to create for an app that lend >> themselves to the use of the graphic control - because I want them at >> various sizes and also because they use "markers" on a graphic shape. The >> problems is the complexity of tweaking the points by hand. I know of >> experiments importing geometry from apps like Illustrator - but was >> wandering if anyone has any examples / a library of shapes or techniques >> to >> make this easier? >> >> For instance the shapes I need are "stars" - that I can dynamically >> colour. >> By roughly drawing a star and then: >> >> set the editmode of the selectedobject to "polygon" >> >> I can tweak the shape manually which helps a lot. >> >> But when it comes to more complex structures it would be good to draw >> them >> in illustrator and import the geometry. >> >> For instance - I also want to create circles with variable numbers of >> evenly >> spaced marker points(iIdeally the arcs would have arrows on them to >> indicate >> a clockwise flow). It would be "nice" not to have to create these as >> images >> at different scales and import them from an external app - but AFAIK its >> not >> really practical at the moment. Any suggestions? >> >> >> > David, > > You may want to consider Turtle Graphics. (See http:// > www.jamesphurley.com/runrev.html) > > Here, for example is the script for drawing a circle with evenly space > arrows along the perimeter: > > on mouseUp > put 90 into tNumPoints > startTurtle > > repeat with i = 1 to tNumPoints > forward 10 > left 360/tNumPoints > if i mod 10 is 0 then > drawArrow 10,15 > end if > end repeat > > choose the browse tool > end mouseUp > > on drawArrow tLength,tAngle > right tAngle > back tLength > forward tLength > left 2*tAngle > back tLength > forward tLength > right tAngle > end drawArrow > > You can create either an image or a vector graphic. Stars would be easy as > well. > > JIm Hurley > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution