Geomerative Quickie

sam_mcelh..

in Contributed Library Questions • 3 years ago

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I'm experienced in processing but have just discovered the Geomerative library; really handy. Having spent a couple of days playing with it I've got a quick question on something I'm trying to do.

What I want to do is create a shape that has within it a series of 'sub 'shapes that are loaded from various .svg files.

Essentially the following:

shp1 = RG.loadShape("0-0-2.svg");
shp2 = RG.loadShape("0-0-3.svg");
shp3 = RG.loadShape("0-0-4.svg");
mastershp = new RShape();
mastershp.addShape(shp1);
mastershp.addShape(shp2);
mastershp.addShape(shp3);
mastershp.addClose();
stroke( 120 );
strokeWeight( 3 );
fill( 220 );
mastershp.draw();

Now, whilst I've successfully used the addShape() method for shapes built with basic functions, it doesn't seem to work when these shapes are called up from an .svg. Is this correct or is it just me being a dolt again?

Sam

Replies(3)

ricardmp

Re: Geomerative Quickie

3 years ago

hmm... the expected result of this would be to end up with a new shape that is a group of which the svgs are the children. Maybe it is a problem with addShape(). Does it draw anything? The fill and stroke here don't apply, since the SVG stroke and fill color will be used. If you want to ignore the SVG styles use:

RG.ignoreStyles(true);

or simply:

RG.ignoreStyles();

hope it helps, otherwise you can send me the SVG to see what's wrong.

ricard

sam_mcelh..

Re: Geomerative Quickie

3 years ago

hey ricard

Thanks for the response,

Think i figured out a way round this, a wee while back now; if I remember correctly I ran the toPolygon() function as I imported the svgs and combined them that way. Seemed to work fine, for what I needed to do anyway.

Did you spot my other question about the getArea function? I've kept on fiddling about with it but it has me well and truly stumped...

S

emunozh

Re: Geomerative Quickie

2 years ago

Try:

mastershp.addChild(shp1);

insted of:

mastershp.addShape(shp1);

worked for me.

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