Graphics -- Graphics

Description

This package provides graphic primitives and functions to turn them into pictures in different formats. The formats supported include svg and pgf/tikz.

Authors

Baptiste Calmes
Viktor Petrov

Version

This documentation describes version 0.3 of Graphics.

Source code

The source code from which this documentation is derived is in the file Graphics.m2.

Exports

Types
- Circle -- the class of a circle in a 2D space
- FormattedGraphicPrimitives -- the class of lists of graphic primitives together with formatting options
- GraphicPrimitive -- the class of all graphic primitives
- Picture -- the class of pictures containing several FormattedGraphicPrimitives
- Point2D -- the class of a point in a 2D space
- Point3D -- the class of a point in a 3D space
- Polygon2D -- the class of a polygon in a 2D space
- Polygon3D -- the class of a polygon in a 3D space
- Segment2D -- the class of a line segment in a 2D space
- Segment3D -- the class of a line segment in a 3D space
- Sphere -- the class of a sphere in a 3D space
- TextTag -- the class of a text tag
Functions and commands
- circle -- create a circle from a point and a radius
- defaultSVGOpening -- the default SVG opening
- formatGraphicPrimitives -- create a FormattedGraphicPrimitives object
- mergeFormattedGraphicPrimitives -- merge two lists of graphic primitives with options
- pgfObject -- create a pgf object
- pgfPicture -- create a pgf picture
- picture -- create a Picture object
- pictureZone -- find the zone in which a picture lies
- point -- create a point
- polygon -- create a polygon from a list of points
- segment -- create a line segment
- sphere -- create a sphere from a point and a radius
- svgObject -- create an SVG object
- svgPicture -- create an SVG picture
- textTag -- create a text tag at a position
- viewPicture -- view a picture in a browser
Methods
- circle(Point2D,RR) -- a circle from a center and a radius
- circle(Point2D,ZZ) -- a circle from a center and a radius
- defaultSVGOpening(ZZ,ZZ) -- default SVG opening for a picture of a given size
- formatGraphicPrimitives(BasicList,HashTable) -- create a formatted graphic primitive object
- mergeFormattedGraphicPrimitives(FormattedGraphicPrimitives,FormattedGraphicPrimitives) -- merge two lists of graphic primitives with options
- pgfObject(Circle,HashTable) -- create the string describing a circle in pgf
- pgfObject(FormattedGraphicPrimitives) -- create the string describing a series of graphic primitives in pgf
- pgfObject(Picture) -- create the string describing a series of graphic primitives in pgf
- pgfObject(Point2D,HashTable) -- create the string describing a point in pgf
- pgfObject(Polygon2D,HashTable) -- create the string describing a circle in pgf
- pgfObject(Segment2D,HashTable) -- create the string describing a line segment in pgf
- pgfObject(TextTag,HashTable) -- create the string describing a circle in pgf
- pgfPicture(Picture) -- create a pgf picture from a Picture object
- pgfPicture(Picture,HashTable) -- create a pgf picture from a Picture object with some options
- pgfPicture(Picture,HashTable,String) -- create a pgf picture from a Picture object with options and store it in a file
- pgfPicture(Picture,String) -- create a pgf picture from a Picture object and store it in a file
- picture(BasicList) -- create a picture object
- pictureZone(Circle) -- find the zone that contains the circle
- pictureZone(FormattedGraphicPrimitives) -- find the zone that contains the whole list of graphic primitive
- pictureZone(Picture) -- find the zone that contains the whole picture
- pictureZone(Point2D) -- find the zone that contains the point
- pictureZone(Point3D) -- find the zone that contains the point
- pictureZone(Polygon2D) -- find the zone that contains the polygon
- pictureZone(Polygon3D) -- find the zone that contains the polygon
- pictureZone(Segment2D) -- find the zone that contains the line segment
- pictureZone(Segment3D) -- find the zone that contains the line segment
- pictureZone(Sphere) -- find the zone that contains the sphere
- pictureZone(TextTag) -- find the zone that contains the tag
- point(RR,RR) -- a point from two coordinates
- point(RR,RR,RR) -- a point from three coordinates
- point(ZZ,ZZ) -- a point from two coordinates
- point(ZZ,ZZ,ZZ) -- a point from three coordinates
- polygon(List) -- a polygon from a list of points
- segment(Point2D,Point2D) -- a line segment from two points
- segment(Point3D,Point3D) -- a line segment from two points
- sphere(Point3D,RR) -- a sphere from a center and a radius
- sphere(Point3D,ZZ) -- a sphere from a center and a radius
- svgObject(Circle,HashTable) -- create the string describing a circle in SVG
- svgObject(FormattedGraphicPrimitives) -- create a string describing in SVG a list of formatted graphic primitive object
- svgObject(Picture) -- create a string describing the picture in SVG
- svgObject(Point2D,HashTable) -- create the string describing a point in SVG
- svgObject(Polygon2D,HashTable) -- create the string describing a circle in SVG
- svgObject(Segment2D,HashTable) -- create the string describing a line segment in SVG
- svgObject(TextTag,HashTable) -- create the string describing a circle in SVG
- svgPicture(Picture) -- create an SVG picture from a Picture object
- svgPicture(Picture,String) -- create an SVG picture from a Picture object and store it in a file
- svgPicture(Picture,ZZ,ZZ) -- create an SVG picture from a Picture object
- svgPicture(Picture,ZZ,ZZ,String) -- create an SVG picture from a Picture object and store it in a file
- textTag(Point2D,String) -- a text tag at a position
- textTag(Point3D,String) -- a text tag at a position
- viewPicture(String) -- view a Picture in a browser
Other things
- defaultPGFOptions -- the default pgf options
- defaultPGFValues -- the default pgf values
- defaultSVGClosing -- the default SVG closing
- defaultSVGHeading -- the default SVG heading
- defaultSVGOptions -- the default SVG options
- defaultSVGValues -- the default SVG values of coordinates
- possiblePGFOptions -- the possible pgf options
- possibleSVGOptions -- the possible SVG options

For the programmer

The object Graphics is a package.