How to manipulate Canvas elements

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The purpose of this document is to introduce the plot2D tool and provide basic information about its use.
Plot2D is nothing more than a collection of helpers that aims to facilitate the task of coding. It makes intensive use of the Canvas API, a mandatory reference for those who intend to refine the result beyond what is offered by plot2D.
It is assumed here that you already have a minimal knowledge about Canvas.
For now Plot2D resides in the SpokenGCA addon, but the idea is that in the future it could be included in the $FG-ROOT/Nasal/canvas directory.
If you have not the SpokenGCA addon installed, you may download plot2D.nas from here, put it into your $FG-HOME/Nasal/ folder and then execute:

  var root = getprop("/sim/fg-root");
  io.load_nasal( root ~ '/Nasal/plot2D.nas', "canvas" );

Once executed, you can try the examples given below.

"Create" helpers

line

Parameters: (group, from, to, color)

Plots a line as <group>'s child.

  • from as [x,y] in pixels.
  • to as [x,y] in pixels.
  • color optional as [r,g,b] or "#rrggbb", Black by default.
example Screenshot
var window = canvas.Window.new([200,200],"dialog")
    .set("title","Plot2D demo"  );
var myCanvas = window.createCanvas()
    .set("background", "#eeeeee");
var root = myCanvas.createGroup();
var myGroup = root.createChild("group");
canvas.plot2D.line(myGroup,[20,20],[50,100]);
canvas.plot2D.line(myGroup,[20,180],[180,20],'#ee0000')
    .setStrokeLineWidth(2);
Plot2D.line.png

hzLine

Parameters: (group, from, length, color)

Plots an horizontal line as <group>'s child.

  • from as [x,y] in pixels.
  • length in pixels.
  • color optional as [r,g,b] or "#rrggbb". Black by default.

vtLine

Parameters: (group, from, length, color)

Plots a vertical line as <group>'s child.

  • from as [x,y] in pixels.
  • length in pixels.
  • color optional as [r,g,b] or "#rrggbb". Black by default.

dashedLine

Parameters: (group, from, length, color)

Plots a vertical line as <group>'s child.

  • from as [x,y] in pixels.
  • to as [x,y] in pixels.
  • dash optional dash&space lengths in pixels, 8 pixels by default.
  • color optional as [r,g,b] or "#rrggbb". Black by default.
example Screenshot
var window = canvas.Window.new([200,200],"dialog").set("title","Plot2D demo"  );
var myCanvas = window.createCanvas().set("background", "#eeeeee");
var root = myCanvas.createGroup();
var myGroup = root.createChild("group");
canvas.plot2D.dashedLine(myGroup,[20,20],[150,120]).setStrokeLineWidth(2);
var (red,blue) = ['#ee0000', [0,0,1] ];
canvas.plot2D.hzLine(myGroup,[30,40],120,red);
canvas.plot2D.vtLine(myGroup,[120,180],-110,blue);
Plot2D.dashedLine example.png

rectangle

Parameters: (group, size ,origin=nil, color="#0", fill=nil, rounded=nil)

Plots a rectangle as <group>'s child.

  • size as [width,height] in pixels.
  • origin optional as [x,y] in pixels, [0,0] by default.
  • color optional border color as [r,g,b] or "#rrggbb" or nil (for no border). Black by default.
  • fill optional fill color as [r,g,b] or "#rrggbb", No filled by default.
  • rounded optional corner radius in pixels, Not rounded by default.

grid

Parameters: (group, size, dx, dy, origin=nil, color="#0", border=1)

Plots a grid as <group>'s child.

  • size as [width,height] in pixels.
  • dx tiles width in pixels.
  • dy tiles height in pixels.
  • color optional grid color as [r,g,b] or "#rrggbb". Black by default.
  • origin optional as [x,y] in pixels, [0,0] by default.
  • border optional as boolean, True by default.
example Screenshot
var window = canvas.Window.new([200,200],"dialog").set("title","Plot2D demo"  );
var myCanvas = window.createCanvas().set("background", "#eeeeee");
var root = myCanvas.createGroup();
var myGroup = root.createChild("group");
var (red,blue,grey) = ['#ee0000', [0,0,1], [.8,.8,.8] ];
  ## Note: to eventually handle an element, you must assign a variable:
var myRect = canvas.plot2D.rectangle(myGroup,[40,160],[15,20],red,grey,10);
myRect.setStrokeLineWidth(3);
canvas.plot2D.grid(myGroup,[120,100],20,25,[70,30],blue).setRotation(30*D2R);
Plot2D.rectangle and grid.png

text

parameters: (group, text, origin=nil, size=nil, color="#0", align="left-baseline")

Plots a text as <group>'s child.

  • text the text itself as string.
  • origin optional as [x,y] in pixels, [0,0] by default.
  • size optional font size and aspect as [<size-px>,<height/width>]. [11,1] by default.
  • color optional font color as [r,g,b] or "#rrggbb". Black by default.
  • align optional origin reference. "left-baseline" by default.

polyline

parameters: (group, xSet, ySet, color="#0", symmetrical=' ')

Plots a polyLine as <group>'s child.

  • xSet as [x0,...,xn] in pixels.
  • ySet as [y0,...,yn] in pixels.
  • color optional grid color as [r,g,b] or "#rrggbb". Black by default.
  • symmetrical optional string, may be 'x', 'y', 'xy' or 'yx'. Non symmetrical by default.
example Screenshot
Note  This assumes that you already have a top-level root group set up, and his group child named myGroup.
var (red,blue,green,orange) = ['#ee0000', [0,0,1], [0,0.8,0], '#ea9a32' ];
canvas.plot2D.polyline(myGroup,[150,181,194,157,199],[52,20,64,28,36]);
   ## 3 vertices with default values:
canvas.plot2D.polyline(myGroup,[20,30,70],[15,55,65]);
canvas.plot2D.text(myGroup,'defaults',[75,25]);
   ## 3 vertices with symmetrical = 'x':
canvas.plot2D.polyline(myGroup,[20,30,70],[130,170,180],blue,"x");
canvas.plot2D.text(myGroup,'Symmetrical="x"',[20,195],,blue);
   ## 3 vertices with symmetrical = 'y':
canvas.plot2D.polyline(myGroup,[150,160,200],[90,130,140],red,"y");
canvas.plot2D.text(myGroup,'Symmetrical="y"',[198,180],,red,'right-baseline');
   ## 3 vertices with symmetrical = 'xy':
canvas.plot2D.polyline(myGroup,[50,60,100],[100,140,150],green,"xy");
canvas.plot2D.text(myGroup,'Symmetrical="xy"',[55,75],,green);
   ## 3 vertices with symmetrical = 'yx':
canvas.plot2D.polyline(myGroup,[100,110,150],[50,90,100],orange,"yx");
canvas.plot2D.text(myGroup,'Symmetrical="yx"',[12,125],,orange);
plot2D.polyline example

graphic

parameters: (group, ySet, dx=nil, origin=nil, color="#0"

Plots the curve sampled in <ySet> with a resolution of <dx>.

  • ySet as [y0,...,yn] in pixels.
  • dx optional curve resolution in pixels. 1 px by default.
  • origin optional as [x,y] in pixels, [0,0] by default.
  • color optional grid color as [r,g,b] or "#rrggbb". Black by default.
example Screenshot
Note  This assumes that you already have a top-level root group set up, and his group child named myGroup.
  var (red,blue,green,orange) = ['#ee0000', [0,0,1], [0,0.8,0], '#ea9a32' ];
  var yValues = [];
  for(var i=0;i<460;i+=4) append(yValues, 30*math.sin(i*D2R));
  canvas.plot2D.hzLine(myGroup, [10,100],175,blue);
  canvas.plot2D.vtLine(myGroup, [15,180],-175,blue);
  canvas.plot2D.graphic(myGroup, yValues,,[15,100],red);
Plot2D,graphic.png

Movement helpers

flipX

parameters: (elem, Xaxis=0) 

Flips horizontally the element.

  • elem element to be flipped.
  • Xaxis abscissa of the symmetry axis . If 0 (default) element flips in-place.

flipY

parameters: (elem, Yaxis=0) 

Flips vertically the element.

  • elem element to be flipped.
  • Yaxis ordenate of the symmetry axis . If 0 (default) element flips in-place.

rotate180

parameters: (elem, center=nil) 

Rotates the element 180 deg around center.

  • elem element to be rotated.
  • center as [Cx,Cy] in pixels. Rotates in-place by default.

alignX

parameters: (elem, ref, alignment) 

Aligns the element, moving it horizontaly to ref.

  • elem element to be moved.
  • ref reference may be an integer or another element.
  • alignment as string: may be 'left-left', 'left-center', 'left-right',

'center-left', 'center-center', 'center-right', 'right-left', 'right-center', or 'right-right'.
If ref is a single number, the 2nd word is ignored.


alignY

parameters: (elem, ref, alignment) 

Aligns the element, moving it vertically to ref.

  • elem element to be moved.
  • ref reference may be an integer or another element.
  • alignment as string: may be top-top', 'top-center', 'top-bottom',

'center-top', 'center-center', 'center-bottom', 'bottom-top', 'bottom-center', or 'bottom-bottom'.
Text elements also accept 'baseline' as reference.
If ref is a single number, the 2nd word is ignored.

Resize helpers

stretchX

parameters: (elem, factor, ref='left') 

Stretchs horizontally the element .

  • elem element to be stretched.
  • factor the <new-width>/<old-width> ratio.
  • ref the relative point to keep inplace. May be 'left' (default),'center' or 'right'.

stretchY

parameters: (elem,factor,ref='top') 

Stretchs vertically the element .

  • elem element to be stretched.
  • factor tthe <new-height>/<old-height> ratio.
  • ref the relative point to keep in-place. May be 'top','center' or 'bottom'.