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1.3.3. THE SIMPLEST PRIMITIVES

This section includes only the simplest primitives most commonly used as structure elements.

Polymark : is produced by the ppolymarker (2D primitive) or ppolymarker3 (3D primitive) function

and generates a marker (a ., or a *, etc.) at each point on the list of points given as function parameters.

Polyline : is produced by the ppolyline (2D primitive) or ppolyline3 (3D primitive) function

and generates a series of straight segments joining the points on the list of points given as function parameter, in the order in which they are entered.

Fill area : is produced by the pfill _area (2D primitive) or pfill_area3 (3D primitive) function

and is used to define a closed, planar fill area, and to fill it with a plain color, cross-hatching, or pattern. The list of points given as function parameter defines the outside contour of the fill area.

Fill area set : is produced by the pfill_area_set (2D primitive) or pfill_area_set3 (3D primitive) function

and is used to define a list of closed, coplanar fill areas, and to fill them with plain colors, cross-hatching, or patterns. The fill areas may be separate or one inside the other. The list of lists of points given as function parameter defines the set of outside contours of the fill areas.

the text : is produced by the ptext (2D primitive) or ptext3(3D primitive) function

and generates a character string either in the 2D plane, or in any plane in 3D space (for the ptext3 primitive).

Annotation text : is produced by the panno_text_rel (2D primitive) or panno_text_rel3 (3D primitive) function and generates a character string for annotating any point in space. This character string is always presented in the same plane as the display surface.


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