GROUP PShape with sphere [solved]

Chrisir

hello all,

I just teach myself PShape with the great tutorial.

• I want to make a cloud with one big base sphere (wide and flat) and 2 spheres upon.

• I encounter some problems.

using createShape (SPHERE) I wanted to to pass 6 params, 3 for pos and 3 for size (w,h,d). But it occured to me I can pass only one numerical parameter, size. So to make a flat base sphere for the cloud proves difficult.

2nd I wanted to place the two smaller spheres upon the main part (like a camel looking cloud). But then, I need the 2 spheres have a offset in their Position from 0,0,0 - how when I can't pass pos as params?

this is important since I wanted to use GROUP finally to have the cloud as one shape. For the group I'd need the 3 spheres at different positions.

thank you!

Chrisir ;-)

Chrisir

my code is similar to this

// Make the parent shape
PShape alien = createShape(GROUP);

// Make two shapes
PShape head = createShape(ELLIPSE, 0, 0, 50, 50);
PShape body = createShape(RECT, 0, 50, 50, 100);

// Add the two "child" shapes to the parent group
alien.addChild(head);
alien.addChild(body);

// Draw the group
translate(width/2, height/2);
shape(alien);

Chrisir

solved.

Chrisir

solution:

use createShape (SPHERE) with one parameter (size), then use scale and translate to modify

PShape head = createShape(SPHERE, 50);
head.scale(1.0, 0.7, 1.0); 
head.translate(20,-30,13);

• for fill and stroke: head.setStroke and head.setFill (gotta use color type!)

• for noFill and noStroke: head.setStroke(false) and head.setFill(false)

;-)