Point

A class to handle points for TikzPy.

The Point class is how TikzPy handles coordinates. All drawing objects, like Line and Circle, use the Point class under the hood.

The Point class is designed to perform arithmetic with instances of itself and with Python tuples. The constructor accepts can either accept two numeric arguments, a single tuple of floats argument, or a single Point object.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`first_arg`	`Union[float, Number, tuple, Point]`	A number, a tuple, or Point object.	required
`second_arg`	`Union[float, Number, None]`	A number, in the case of a 2D point, or None.	`None`
`third_arg`	`Union[float, Number, None]`	A number, in the case of a 3D point, or None.	`None`

distance

distance(other_point)

Calculates the distance between two points.

rotate

rotate(
    angle: float,
    about_pt: Union[Tuple[float, float], Point],
    radians: bool = False,
) -> None

Rotate the point about another point.

scale

scale(scale: float) -> None

Scale the point given the scale.

shift

shift(
    xshift: float,
    yshift: float,
    zshift: Optional[float] = None,
) -> None

Translate the point via x, y offsets.

to_tuple

to_tuple() -> Tuple

Return a tuple of the x, y data.

Examples

The Point class can be instantiated from a tuple or at least two Numbers. One can also represent a point in 3D with this class.

>>> from tikzpy import Point
>>> my_point = Point(-1, 2)
>>> my_point.x
-1
>>> my_point.y
2

You can also perform arithmetic with Point objects, either with other Point objects or with Python tuples. For example, the following are all valid.

>>> my_point + (1, 1)  # Add it to another tuple
Point(0, 3)
>>> my_point + Point(2, 2)  # Add it with another point object
Point(1, 4)
>>> 2 * my_point  # Can also do my_point * 2 
Point(-2, 4)
>>> my_point / 3 
Point(-0.33333333, 0.666666666)

This allows you to write things like

>>> circle = tikz.circle((0,0), radius=3)
>>> circle.center += (1, 1)  # This is valid
>>> circle.center /= 3  # Also valid

and this feature becomes quite useful in drawings that are highly complex.