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#!python """This is an example on how to work with rectangle objects. """ from dlibrary.object import Rectangle def run(): # Create a rectangle by specifying the start point, direction, width and height. # This is the only way to create a rotated rectangle, the other methods create one at 0°. rectangle = Rectangle.create((0, 0), (1, 0), 20, 10) # The direction is a point to indicate the angle at which the first side (= width) has to be drawn. # See it as a point on a circle, where the angle is taken from the line drawn from the center to that point. # Some examples: # (1, 0) = 0° = the width will be horizontal # (0, 1) = 90° = the width will be vertical # (1, 1) = 45° # ... # So the width will be drawn in that direction, while the height will then be drawn at +90° degrees! # Create a rectangle by specifying the top-left and bottom-right corners. rectangle = Rectangle.create_by_diagonal((0, 10), (20, 0)) # You can also use length strings to create the rectangle, instead of specifying them in document length units. # You can even use a mixture of both, so you can create the rectangle in a convenient way. rectangle = Rectangle.create((0, 0), (1, 0), '20cm', '10cm') rectangle = Rectangle.create_by_diagonal((0, '10cm'), ('20cm', 0)) # You can get the width and the height of a rectangle by it's property. width = rectangle.width height = rectangle.height # Keep in mind that these are the original values, and not the ones you see in the OIP! # For example, if you use (0, 1) as direction, VW will display the height as width, # while in code, the height and width stay the same as you entered them at creation. # You can set the width and height through it's properties, with a float or a length string. rectangle.width = 100 rectangle.height = '200cm' # You can even get the center of the rectangle by it's property. center_x, center_y = center = rectangle.center
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