[PD] Creating a line in Gem

[Olivier Baudu]

Hi...

A [curve 2] will give you a perfect line.
With [cos ] and [sin ] you could "easyly" convert the angle in x, y for 
the second point...

But, I'm not sure that using a rectangle, in your case, is neither so 
difficult...
Before the rotation, you just have to translate the rectangle of the 
half of the lenght it grows.
It's not a "trick" and works very precisely.

Cheers.

01ivier

Le 18.12.2012 12:46, Alexandros Drymonitis a écrit :
> Hi all,
> I've been trying to render a line in Gem, so I'm wondering if it's
> best to use [curve] (which is actually a curve as it indicates), or
> [rectangle] with a very small x value, so that it looks like a line.
>  My problem is that I want to give this line an angle, so I've been
> using [shearXY] for now. I also want to make the line grow from
> nothing to the full desired length, but with [rectangle] it will grow
> from the middle, so in order to make it grow from the starting point
> to the ending point, you have to give [rectangle] a continuous x,y
> offset.
>  This way it's really hard to determine the starting and ending point
> of the line. So, If for example the x,y coordinates of the starting
> and ending point are random, then the angle and length will also be
> random and you'll have to manipulate three different objects
> simultaneously ([rectangle], [translate] and [shearXY]), and I'm not
> sure if I can find the formula for all these calculations.
>  Is there an easier technique for this?
>
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