R: Draw a Bezier Curve

grid.bezier {grid}

R Documentation

Draw a Bezier Curve

Description

These functions create and draw Bezier Curves (a curve drawn relative to 4 control points).

Usage

grid.bezier(...)
bezierGrob(x = c(0, 0.5, 1, 0.5), y = c(0.5, 1, 0.5, 0),
            id = NULL, id.lengths = NULL,
            default.units = "npc", arrow = NULL, 
            name = NULL, gp = gpar(), vp = NULL)

Arguments

`x`	A numeric vector or unit object specifying x-locations of spline control points.
`y`	A numeric vector or unit object specifying y-locations of spline control points.
`id`	A numeric vector used to separate locations in `x` and `y` into multiple beziers. All locations with the same `id` belong to the same bezier.
`id.lengths`	A numeric vector used to separate locations in `x` and `y` into multiple bezier. Specifies consecutive blocks of locations which make up separate beziers.
`default.units`	A string indicating the default units to use if `x` or `y` are only given as numeric vectors.
`arrow`	A list describing arrow heads to place at either end of the bezier, as produced by the `arrow` function.
`name`	A character identifier.
`gp`	An object of class `gpar`, typically the output from a call to the function `gpar`. This is basically a list of graphical parameter settings.
`vp`	A Grid viewport object (or NULL).
`...`	Arguments to be passed to `bezierGrob`.

Details

Both functions create a beziergrob (a graphical object describing a Bezier curve), but only grid.bezier draws the Bezier curve.

A Bezier curve is a line drawn relative to 4 control points.

Missing values are not allowed for x and y (i.e., it is not valid for a control point to be missing).

The curve is currently drawn using an approximation based on X-splines.

Value

A grob object.

Examples

x <- c(0.2, 0.2, 0.4, 0.4)
y <- c(0.2, 0.4, 0.4, 0.2)

grid.newpage()
grid.bezier(x, y)
grid.bezier(c(x, x + .4), c(y + .4, y + .4),
            id=rep(1:2, each=4))
grid.segments(.4, .6, .6, .6)
grid.bezier(x, y,
            gp=gpar(lwd=3, fill="black"),
            arrow=arrow(type="closed"),
            vp=viewport(x=.9))

[Package grid version 2.15.1 Index]