Make Shape Functions

This is a set of convience functions for creating shapes.

Functions

makeDebugColor(r, g, b, a, debug)	Creates visible or invisible color depending on the debug flag
makeDebugPicture(picture, debug)	Takes a picture and makes all pixels transparant.
makePic(fileName[, scale])	Takes a filename and create a centered picture without border.
makeCircle([radius, color, bodyType, x, y])	Creates a Circle that can be added to the simulator.
makeRectangle([w, h, color, outline, fill, ...])	Creates a Rectangle that can be added to the simulator.
makeColCircle(radius[, bodyType])	Creates a transparant circle with the indicated radius
makeColRec(width, height[, bodyType])	Creates a transparant, centered rectangle of the indicated width and height.
makeColCircleAvatar(avatar[, bodyType])	Creates an invisible circle based on the size of an avatar.
makeText([text, size, color, xjust, yjust, ...])	Creates a text object with the Helvetica font.

Details

makeDebugColor(r, g, b, a, debug)

Creates visible or invisible color depending on the debug flag

If debug is True, creates the indicated color; otherwise returns a transparant color.

Parameters:

• r – The red component.
• g – The green component.
• b – The blue component.
• a – The alpha component.
• debug – Boolean, indicating whether this should be a ‘visible’ color.

Returns:

Returns the indicated color if debug is True; returns an invisible

transparant color if debug is False.

makeDebugPicture(picture, debug)

Takes a picture and makes all pixels transparant.

Parameters:

• avatar – Picture object.
• debug – Boolean. If false, this function return the avatar unmodified.

makePic(fileName, scale=1.0)

Takes a filename and create a centered picture without border.

Parameters:

• fileName – The name of a file containing a picture (.jpg and .png are supported)
• scale – The scale of the picture.

Returns:

A Picture object.

makeCircle(radius=50, color=color, bodyType='static', x=0, y=0)

Creates a Circle that can be added to the simulator.

Parameters:

• radius – float indicating the radius of the circle.
• color – Color for both the fill and border of the rectangle.
• bodyType – string indicating whether this rectangle should be moved by the simulator. Options are: “static” or “dynamic”.
• x – float indicating the x coordinate of the rectangle.
• y – float indicating the y coordinate of the rectangle.

makeRectangle(w=100, h=100, color=color, outline=None, fill=None, bodyType='static', x=0, y=0)

Creates a Rectangle that can be added to the simulator.

Parameters:

• w – float indicating the width of the rectangle.
• h – float indicating the heigth of the rectangle.
• color – Color for both the fill and border of the rectangle.
• outline – Color for the border of the rectangle.
• fill – Color for the fill of the rectangle.
• bodyType – string indicating whether this rectangle should be moved by the simulator. Options are: “static” or “dynamic”.
• x – float indicating the x coordinate of the rectangle.
• y – float indicating the y coordinate of the rectangle.

makeColCircle(radius, bodyType='static')

Creates a transparant circle with the indicated radius

Parameters:

• radius – The radius of the circle.
• bodyType – The body type of the circle, either ‘dynamic’ or ‘static’.

Returns:

A Circle object.

makeColRec(width, height, bodyType='static')

Creates a transparant, centered rectangle of the indicated width and height.

Parameters:

• width – The width of the rectangle
• height – The height of the rectangle
• bodyType – The body type of the rectangle, either ‘dynamic’ or ‘static’.

makeColCircleAvatar(avatar, bodyType='static')

Creates an invisible circle based on the size of an avatar.

Creates a transparant circle with a radius equal to the smallest side of the avatar.

Parameters:avatar – Usually a Picture object, must implement getP1() and getP2(). Returns:A Circle object.

makeText(text=' ', size=16, color=color, xjust='left', yjust='bottom', pos=(0, 0), bodyType='static')

Creates a text object with the Helvetica font.

Not much different from creating a text object manually, but applies the standard Scribbler Adventure font, which is currently Helvetica, and makes the color black, which is arguably more useful than Calico’s purple.

Parameters:

• text (string) – The text to display in the text object.
• size (float) – The font size of the text.
• color (Color) – The color of the text.
• xjust (string) – Horizontal alignment of the text. Options are: ‘left’, ‘right’, and ‘center’.
• yjust (string) – Vertical alignment of the text. Options are: ‘top’, ‘bottom’, and ‘center’.
• bodyType (string) – The body type of the text, used if the text is ever added to the physics simulator. Options are: ‘static’ and ‘dynamic’.