Re: Circles

[Silvain Dupertuis]

Both Postscript and SVG have a built-in arc function capable of drawing an arc (or an entire circle).

Bézier 2-D curves can approximate a circle, but cannot create a mathematical exact circle (although an approximation using 4 points is so precise that it is practically indistinguishable from a circle)

Le 11.08.22 à 03:55, Andrew Bernard a écrit :

> Well I
>       suppose it is actually postscript. So I had better look at the
>       full source?
>       
>       
>       On 11/08/2022 11:40 am, Andrew Bernard wrote:
>       
> > Where is the code that actually draws a
> >         circle stencil? I am interested to see if it is done with Bezier
> >         curve techniques and to study that. I could not seem to find it
> >         in the scm area.
> >         
> >         
> >         Andrew
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >       
>       
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