• 1. Computer Graphics
  • 1.1. Screen
  • 1.2. Colours
  • 1.3. Rasterisation
  • 1.4. Anti-Aliasing
  • 1.5. Geometric Transformations
  • 1.6. Curves
  • 1.7. Paths
    • 1.7.1. Definition
    • 1.7.2. Creating any Path
    • 1.7.3. Presentation of a Path
    • 1.7.4. Unit-Summary
  • 1.8. Self Assessment
  • 1.9. Summary
  • 1.10. Recommended Reading
  • 1.11. Glossary
  • 1.12. Bibliography
  • 1.13. Metadata

1.7. Paths

Learning Objectives

• You will be able to model simple objects such as for example rectangles.
• You will be able to list at least five possible presentation attributes of a path.

So far you know how to draw a straight line on a raster screen and the characteristics of Bézier curves. But since you can not model an object with only one line or curve, we have to introduce an element that combines several lines or curves or both. This element is called path.

In this chapter we give you a definition of the element "path" and introduce you to its characteristics.

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