Shapes #

Style currently supports a variety of shapes, listed as sub-entries under this page. In the attribute lists below, the vec2 type describes a 2D vector u, whose scalar components can be accessed via u[0] and u[1].

Using shapes in Style #

In Style, a shape instance is declared inside a rule using a statement of the form

x.myShape = Shape {
   attribute1: value1
   attribute2: value2
   ...
}

For instance, to associate all Substance objects x of type Point with a red circle of radius 5, you would write

forall Point x {
   x.myCircle = Circle {
      radius: 5
      fillColor: rgba(1,0,0,1)
   }
}

Notice that this definition, the center: attribute of the circle is not set. Undefined parameters like these has default values which may or may not be adjusted upon optimization. Information about which default parameters are automatically adjusted can be found within each shape's specification.

Keeping shapes on the canvas #

All shapes have a property ensureOnCanvas, which by default is set to true. This special constraint ensures that the shape remains within the bounding rectangle of the canvas (which must be declared at the top of each Style file). This constraint can be omitted by setting ensureOnCanvas: false.