thanks for this, it looks like the right thing to be doing... i've got as far as the following code.. but how would I load up the x y coodinates that I'm calling into a point array? I'm not sure how to call out a particular param?

thanks

Sam

2.   palace = loadShape("ZAKROS.svg");
3.   int totalLines = palace.getChildCount();
4.   
5.   
6.   for (int i=0; i < totalLines; i++) {
7.     PShape holding = palace.getChild(i);
8.     holding.getParams(); 
9.     
10.   }

yeah i've been checking them out a bit, as well as elsewhere in the forums.

to complicate things it looks as though the lines info is a layer down so I have to call getChild twice over, or else I get null pointer exceptions the getParams function... typical!

so now I have this:

2. palace = loadShape("ZAKROS.svg");
3.   int totalLines = palace.getChildCount();
4.   
5.   
6.   for (int i=0; i < totalLines; i++) {
7.     PShape holding = palace.getChild(i);
8.     PShape inside = holding.getChild(0);
9.     float[] params = inside.getParams();
10.     print(params[0]);
11.     print(",");
12.     println(params[3]);
13.   }

the param values; are these vectors that I can use to draw a line?

2.  for (int i=0; i < totalLines; i++) {
3.     PShape holding = palace.getChild(i);
4.     PShape inside = holding.getChild(0);
5.     float[] params = inside.getParams();
6.     print(params[0]);
7.     print("-");
8.     print(params[1]);
9.     print(",");
10.     println(params[2]);
11.     print("-");
12.     print(params[3]);
13.     stroke(0);
14.     strokeWeight(0.5);
15.     line(params[0],params[1],params[2],params[3]);
16.   }