/** *

This simple example shows how to compute tangent points on a circle using * the new Circle and Line2D classes. Furthermore, the demo shows how these points * are constructed geometrically and how to use the ToxiclibsSupport class of * the toxi.processing package to handle the drawing of these geometrical shapes.

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Usage:

*/ /* * Copyright (c) 2010 Karsten Schmidt * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/LGPL/2.1/ * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ import toxi.geom.*; import toxi.processing.*; // define a fixed circle at 300,300 with radius=100 Circle c=new Circle(340,190,100); ToxiclibsSupport gfx; void setup() { size(680,382); noFill(); gfx=new ToxiclibsSupport(this); } void draw() { background(255); Vec2D p=new Vec2D(mouseX,mouseY); // adjust the main circle radius on mouse press if (mousePressed) { c.setRadius(p.distanceTo(c)); } Line2D l=new Line2D(p,c); gfx.ellipse(c); gfx.line(p,c); // compute the tangent points to P on the circle Vec2D[] isec=c.getTangentPoints(p); if (isec!=null) { for(int i=0; i<2; i++) { gfx.ellipse(new Circle(isec[i],5)); gfx.ray(new Ray2D(p,isec[i].sub(p)),1000); gfx.line(c,isec[i]); } // draw secondary circle around mid-point // from main circle to mouse position gfx.ellipse(new Circle(l.getMidPoint(),l.getLength()/2)); } }