Point

class compas.geometry.Point(x, y, z=0.0, **kwargs)[source]

Bases: Primitive

A point is defined by XYZ coordinates.

Parameters

x (float) – The X coordinate of the point.
y (float) – The Y coordinate of the point.
z (float, optional) – The Z coordinate of the point.

Attributes

x (float) – The X coordinate of the point.
y (float) – The Y coordinate of the point.
z (float) – The Z coordinate of the point.

Notes

A Point object supports direct access to its xyz coordinates through the dot notation, as well list-style access using indices. Indexed access is implemented such that the Point behaves like a circular list 1.

References

1: Stack Overflow. Pythonic Circular List. Available at: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8951020/pythonic-circular-list.

Examples

>>> p1 = Point(1, 2, 3)
>>> p2 = Point(4, 5, 6)

The XYZ coordinates of point objects can be accessed as object attributes or by trating the points as lists.

>>> p1.x
1.0
>>> p1.y
2.0
>>> p1.z
3.0
>>> p1[0]
1.0
>>> p1[1]
2.0
>>> p1[2]
3.0

Point objects support basic arithmetic operations.

>>> p1 + p2
Point(5.000, 7.000, 9.000)
>>> p1 * 2
Point(2.000, 4.000, 6.000)
>>> p1 ** 2
Point(1.000, 4.000, 9.000)
>>> p1
Point(1.000, 2.000, 3.000)

Points and lists can be used interchangeably.

>>> p1 + [4, 5, 6]
Point(5.000, 7.000, 9.000)

Arithmetic operations can also be applied to modify a point object in-place.

>>> p1 += p2
>>> p1 *= 2
>>> p1 **= 2
>>> p1
Point(100.000, 196.000, 324.000)

Methods

`distance_to_line`	Compute the distance to a line.
`distance_to_plane`	Compute the distance to a plane.
`distance_to_point`	Compute the distance to another point.
`from_data`	Construct a point from a data dict.
`in_circle`	Determine if the point lies inside the given circle.
`in_polygon`	Determine if the point lies inside the given polygon.
`in_polyhedron`	Determine if the point lies inside the given polyhedron.
`in_triangle`	Determine if the point lies inside the given triangle.
`on_circle`	Determine if the point lies on the given circle.
`on_line`	Determine if the point lies on the given line.
`on_polyline`	Determine if the point lies on the given polyline.
`on_segment`	Determine if the point lies on the given segment.
`transform`	Transform this point.
`transform_collection`	Transform a collection of points.
`transformed_collection`	Create a collection of transformed points.

Inherited Methods

`copy`	Make an independent copy of the data object.
`from_json`	Construct an object from serialized data contained in a JSON file.
`from_jsonstring`	Construct an object from serialized data contained in a JSON string.
`to_data`	Convert an object to its native data representation.
`to_json`	Serialize the data representation of an object to a JSON file.
`to_jsonstring`	Serialize the data representation of an object to a JSON string.
`transformed`	Returns a transformed copy of this geometry.
`validate_data`	Validate the object's data against its data schema.
`validate_json`	Validate the object's data against its json schema.

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