AGG第二十课 agg::ellipse 方法approximation_scale()

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摘自:http://franko.github.io/agg-intro/vertex-source.html
        In the previous section we have seen  agg::path_storage  object. While this object is very flexible and can be used to describe all kind of geometric shapes there are a few other vertex source primitive types. Actually there are not so many of them and we will just discuss the  agg::ellipse  object because it will be also useful to illustrate some important idea.
        The  agg::ellipse  does not share anything with a  agg::path_storage  in term of C++ class hierarchy, all the they have in common is that they implement the basic  methods of a vertex source. You may wonder why the ellipse object can be useful if you can describe it with a  agg::path_storage. The answer is that this latter needs to store a fixed number of vertices that approximate the ellipse for all the possible resolution of the image. The problem is that if you draw a small circle a few vertices can be enough but if the circle is big you are going to need a lot of vertices to have a decent approximation. We will see that with an  agg::ellipse  object the number of points will be adapted on the fly, you just need to use the  approximation_scale()method. Actually the  agg::ellipse  does not store all the coordinates of the vertices but generetes them on the fly when needed using the mathematical equations. As a side effect you will have also a benefit in term of memory usage because an ellipse object will use a very small amount of memory indipendently of the approximation level that you may request.
        At this point we need to explain the  approximation_scale()  method.  approximation_scale()  we need to go back to the coordinates specifications. The coordinates are actually given as double precision floating point number and they may or may not map directly to pixel coordinates. For example we can map some logical coordinates ranging from 0 to 1 to an huge viewport of size 1280x1280. The problem at this point is that an  agg::ellipse  object does not know the mapping between logical coordinates and viewport coordinates. So the idea is that to let  agg::ellipse  adjust correctly the level of approximation you should call the method  approximation_scale()  and pass as an argument the ratio between the viewport coordinates and the logical coordinates. So in the example of the viewport of size 1280x1280 we would need to use  approximation_scale()  with an scale argument of 1280.
We will see later that the  approximation_scale()  is also important with some kind of transformation like Bezier curves that are supposed to generate smooth curves based on a few vertices and some mathematical equations.
【AGG第二十课 agg::ellipse 方法approximation_scale()】


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