svgfig.Poly Class Reference

Public Member Functions
def	__init__
def	__repr__
def	Path
def	SVG

Public Attributes
	attr
	d
	loop
	mode

Static Public Attributes
dictionary	defaults = {}

Detailed Description

Draws a curve specified by a sequence of points. The curve may be
piecewise linear, like a polygon, or a Bezier curve.

Poly(d, mode, loop, attribute=value)

d                       required        list of tuples representing points
                                        and possibly control points
mode                    default="L"   "lines", "bezier", "velocity",
                                        "foreback", "smooth", or an abbreviation
loop                    default=False   if True, connect the first and last
                                        point, closing the loop
attribute=value pairs   keyword list    SVG attributes

The format of the tuples in d depends on the mode.

"lines"/"L"         d=[(x,y), (x,y), ...]
                                        piecewise-linear segments joining the (x,y) points
"bezier"/"B"        d=[(x, y, c1x, c1y, c2x, c2y), ...]
                                        Bezier curve with two control points (control points
                                        preceed (x,y), as in SVG paths). If (c1x,c1y) and
                                        (c2x,c2y) both equal (x,y), you get a linear
                                        interpolation ("lines")
"velocity"/"V"      d=[(x, y, vx, vy), ...]
                                        curve that passes through (x,y) with velocity (vx,vy)
                                        (one unit of arclength per unit time); in other words,
                                        (vx,vy) is the tangent vector at (x,y). If (vx,vy) is
                                        (0,0), you get a linear interpolation ("lines").
"foreback"/"F"      d=[(x, y, bx, by, fx, fy), ...]
                                        like "velocity" except that there is a left derivative
                                        (bx,by) and a right derivative (fx,fy). If (bx,by)
                                        equals (fx,fy) (with no minus sign), you get a
                                        "velocity" curve
"smooth"/"S"        d=[(x,y), (x,y), ...]
                                        a "velocity" interpolation with (vx,vy)[i] equal to
                                        ((x,y)[i+1] - (x,y)[i-1])/2: the minimal derivative

Definition at line 1679 of file svgfig.py.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

def svgfig.Poly.__init__	(		self,
			d = [],
			mode = "L",
			loop = False,
			attr
	)

Definition at line 1721 of file svgfig.py.

  def __init__(self, d=[], mode="L", loop=False, **attr):
    self.d = list(d)
    self.mode = mode
    self.loop = loop

    self.attr = dict(self.defaults)
    self.attr.update(attr)