trace -package:matrix -package:ghc package:diagrams-lib
"Traces", aka embedded raytracers, for finding points on the edge of a
diagram. See
Diagrams.Core.Trace for internal implementation
details.
Every diagram comes equipped with a trace. Intuitively, the
trace for a diagram is like a raytracer: given a line (represented as
a base point and a direction vector), the trace computes a sorted list
of signed distances from the base point to all intersections of the
line with the boundary of the diagram.
Note that the outputs are not absolute distances, but multipliers
relative to the input vector. That is, if the base point is p
and direction vector is v, and one of the output scalars is
s, then there is an intersection at the point p .+^ (s *^
v).
Compute the "smallest" boundary point along the line determined by the
given point
p and vector
v. The "smallest" boundary
point is defined as the one given by
p .+^ (s *^ v) for the
smallest (most negative) value of
s. Return
Nothing
if there is no such boundary point. See also
traceV.
See also
rayTraceP which uses the smallest
positive
intersection, which is often more intuitive behavior.
Compute the vector from the given point
p to the "smallest"
boundary intersection along the given vector
v. The
"smallest" boundary intersection is defined as the one given by
p
.+^ (s *^ v) for the smallest (most negative) value of
s. Return
Nothing if there is no intersection. See
also
traceP.
See also
rayTraceV which uses the smallest
positive
intersection, which is often more intuitive behavior.
Traced abstracts over things which have a trace.
Use the trace from some object as the trace for a diagram, in place of
the diagram's default trace.
Like
traceP, but computes the "largest" boundary point instead
of the smallest. (Note, however, the "largest" boundary point may
still be in the opposite direction from the given vector, if all the
boundary points are.)
Like
traceV, but computes a vector to the "largest" boundary
point instead of the smallest. (Note, however, the "largest" boundary
point may still be in the opposite direction from the given vector, if
all the boundary points are, as in the third example shown below.)
Replace the trace of a diagram.
Mark the trace of a diagram by placing 64 red dots 1/100th its size
along the trace.
Mark the trace of a diagram, with control over colour and scale of
marker dot and the number of points on the trace.