Multiple rotate of a text element with Raphaël - rotation

I've drawn a circle and arranged some text elements radial outside of this circle with Raphael. Each of them are rotated to the center point of the circle. So far so good.
But now I want to rotate them a second time, for example 30deg. But if I do so, then all elements will rotated to 30deg.
A solution could be, that I loop through each text element, calculate "current deg + 30deg" and start the animation…
But it would be better if I could to this in a set() of elements. Unfortunately I will get the problem that every text element is rotated to 30deg…
Does anyone have an suggestion how I could do this job best?

There is indeed a simple method to accomplish this with a set. Instead of setting a rotation value, you can append a incremental rotation to the transform like this:
// assumes you have a variable named 'mySet'
mySet.animate( { transform: '...r30' }, 500, '<>' );
I believe this should do exactly what you intend. If not, feel free to hurl vegetables at me.

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texture not applied properly with Three.js

I work with Forge Autodesk, and I want to apply a texture to some rectangle object. In fact I just needed some plan, but I was given a rectangle. So I want to apply my image on the main face of the rectangle.
const mytex = THREE.ImageUtils.loadTexture(mytexture)
// Repeat image through object
mytex.wrapS = THREE.RepeatWrapping //ClampToEdgeWrapping //MirroredRepeatWrapping //RepeatWrapping
mytex.wrapT = THREE.RepeatWrapping //ClampToEdgeWrapping //MirroredRepeatWrapping //RepeatWrapping
mytex.mapping = THREE.UVMapping
mytex.repeat.set (0.05, 0.05)
console.log("applied texture")
But I get this problem : a part of my image appears on the right upper side (upper and right corners are cut, so not on the rectangle), but the left and bottom sides are stretched across the rest of the rectangle face.
I would like to adapt my image so that its dimension fit the rectangle's dimensions, and not just repeat it.
I read this and this. I think my code is correctly written, but I may be missing a parameter or set the wrong one... The 2 images I am testing are 676x676 and 1024x484 pixels. I cannot access the rectangle dimensions from my function (I don't think so).
I tried to just repeat the image too but it does not work either...
Any idea ?

How to check whether a svg circle inside the svg path

There are many ways to check is point inside path, but i haven't found any algorhitm which can check if the circle(whole object, not center point) is inside svg path.
If you're wondering why I need this algorithm - i want to fill space with circles with different radii (http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/1893974), and those circles that enters the shape i want to paint in another color. As a result, we get the test image for color-blind people, like Ishihara's pictures.
The expected result like on that picture.
This a collition detection algorithm or intersection.
Step 1
Fill with cirlcles you base shape
Step 2
Create the main shape
Step 3
Detect interserct and color the shape behind. And hide the main shape
Pros: You can add dynamically shapes, animate or change it on the fly.
For an implementation look here

User interaction in Processing

I have a general question (I know I should present specific code with a problem, but in my case the problem is of a more general nature).
In Processing, let's say I make an ellipse:
ellipse(30, 30, 10, 10);
Now, is there a way to get the pixels where this ellipse is on the canvas? The reason would be to have a way of creating user interaction with the mouse (for instance). So when someone clicks the mouse over the ellipse, something happens.
I thought of turning everything into objects and use a constructor to somehow store the position of the shape, but this is easier said than done, particularly for more complex shapes. And that is what I am interested in. It's one thing to calculate the position of an ellipse, but what about more complex shapes? Are there any libraries?
Check out the geomerative library. It has a way to check whether the mouse is inside any SVG shape. I can't remember off the top of my head but it works something like you make a shape:
myShape = RG.loadShape("shape.svg");
and a point:
RPoint p = new RPoint(mouseX, mouseY);
and the boolean function contains() will tell you if the point is inside the shape:
myShape.contains(p);
It's better to use a mathematical formula than pixel-by-pixel checking of the mouse position (it's much faster, and involves less code).
For a perfect circle, you can calculate the Euclidean distance using Pythagoras' theorem. Assume your circle is centred at position (circleX,circleY), and has a radius (not diameter) of circleR. You can check if the mouse is over the circle like this:
if(sq(mouseX-circleX)+sq(mouseY-circleY) <= sq(circleR)) {
// mouse is over circle
} else {
// mouse is not over circle
}
This approach basically imagines a right-angled triangle, where the hypotenuse (the longest side) runs from the centre of the circle to the mouse position. It uses Pythagoras' theorem to calculate the length of that hypotenuse, and if it's less than the circle's radius then the mouse is inside the circle. (It includes a slight optimisation though -- it's comparing squares to avoid doing a square root, as that can be comparatively slow.)
An alternative to my original mathematical answer also occurred to me. If you can afford the memory and processing power of drawing all your UI elements twice then you can get good results by using a secondary buffer.
The principle involves having an off-screen graphics buffer (e.g. using PGraphics). It must be exactly the same size as the main display, and have anti-aliasing disabled. Draw all your interactive UI elements (buttons etc.) to this buffer. However, instead of drawing them the normal way, give each one a unique colour which it uses for fill and stroke (don't add any text or images... just solid colours). For example, one button might be entirely red, and another entirely green. Any other RGB value works, as long as each item has a unique colour. Make sure the background has a unique colour too.
The user never sees that buffer, so don't draw it to the screen (unless you're debugging or something). When you want to detect what item the mouse is over, just lookup the mouse position on that off-screen buffer. Get the pixel colour at that location, and match it to the UI element.
After you've done all that, just go ahead and draw everything to the main display as normal.
It's worth noting that you can cut-down the processing time of this approach a lot if your UI elements never (or rarely) move. You only need to redraw the secondary buffer when something appears/disappears, animates, or changes size/position.

How to change the rotation order in cocos3d

I'm a fresh in cocos3d, now I have a problem.
In cocos3d, I want to rotate a node. I got the angles in x axis, y axis, z axis, then I used the property:rotation to rotate, like this:
theNodeToBeRotated.rotation = cc3v(x,y,z);
But I found out it didn't rotate as I expected, because the document said the rotate order is y-x-z.
I want to change the order to x-y-z. Can anyone let me know how?
You might need to clarify further regarding the following: "it didn't rotate as I expected"
OpenGL ES (and ergo, cocos3D) uses the y-axis as up so the rotation order is still x-y-z. If you are importing a model, you then need to take into account the 3D editor's co-ordinate system and adapt accordingly.
If you are not used to working with three-dimensional representations, the leap from 2D to 3D can be a significant hurdle. Within Cocos3D:
the x-axis is positive on the right and negative on the left
the y-axis is positive upwards and negative downwards
the z-axis is positive moving towards you and negative moving away from you
Envisage those three lines of axis, or even better, a piece of string.
If you are rotating around the x-axis, hold the string horizontally from left to right: the object would rotating towards you or away from you.
If you are rotating around the y-axis, hold the string vertically from feet to head: the object would rotate as if like a revolving door.
If you are rotating around the z-axis, hold one end close to your chest and the other end as far away as possible: the object would rotate similar to a clock face.
-- Update
I heavily wouldn't recommend changing the rotation order as it is the OpenGL standard to use Y-X-Z. If you wish to modify it, take a look at CC3GLMatrixMath and look for kmMat4RotationYXZ - there is also kmMat4RotationZYX. If you want to have X-Y-Z, you would need to construct your own rotation matrix and update accordingly in CC3GLMatrix and CC3GLMatrixMath.
As a reference, you also have the OpenGL Red book - it should have some suggestions for you.

How to get consistent gradient fill in GDI+ when using a rotated LinearGradientBrush?

I'm using GDI+ in my application, and I need to use a rotated LinearGradientBrush to paint several rects in the exact same way. However, although I'm calling the same code to fill each rect, the results aren't what I expect. Here's the code to create the gradient fill, where rcDraw is the rect containing the area to paint for each rect. These coordinates are in the parent window's coordinates, so they are not identical for the 2 rects.
g_hbrLinear = new LinearGradientBrush( Rect( 0, rcDraw.top, 0, rcDraw.bottom - rcDraw.top ),
clrStart, clrEnd, (REAL) 80, FALSE );
What I see on screen looks like this (http://www.nnanime.com/bugs/LinGradBrush-rotate10.png). You can see that it's as if the fill from the first rect continues into the second one. What I really want is to have the 2 rects look identical. I think I can do that if I paint each rect separately using its own client coordinates, but for the purposes of my app, I need to use the parent window's coordinates.
I guess what I'm asking is, how does GDI+ calculate the "origin" of a fill? Is it always based on 0,0 in the coordinate system you use? Is there a way to shift it? I tried TranslateTransform, but it doesn't seem to shift the fill in a way that I find predictable or understandable.
The rect passed to the linear gradient brush determines the where the left and right colors will sit, and the gradient will be painted within this rectangle.
So, I think you need to create a brush for each rectangle you are painting, where the rectangle you are painting is also passed to the constructor for the linear gradient brush.
My experience with the "transform" of linear gradient brushes matches yours; I haven't been able to understand what it's supposed to do.
You can think of a brush in GDI+ as a function mapping world co-ordinates to a color. What the brush looks like at a given point does not change based on the shape being filled.
It does change with the transform of the Graphics object you're drawing on. So, if you don't want to change the brush, you could temporarily change the transform of the Graphics object so that the rectangle you're drawing has a specific, known size and position in world coordinates. The BeginContainer and EndContainer methods should make this easy.
(There is also the RenderingOrigin property but it only affects hatch brushes, which oddly are unaffected by world transforms.)

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