compas.geometry.Polygon

class compas.geometry.Polygon(points)[source]

Bases: compas.geometry.primitives._primitive.Primitive

An object representing an ordered collection of points in space connected by straight line segments forming a closed boundary around the interior space.

A polygon has a closed boundary that separates its interior from the exterior. The boundary does not intersect itself, and is described by an ordered set of of points.

Parameters

points (list of point) – An ordered list of points.

Attributes
  • data (dict) – The data representation of the polygon.

  • points (list of compas.geometry.Point) – The polygon points.

  • lines (list of compas.geometry.Line, read-only) – The polygon segments.

  • centroid (compas.geometry.Point, read-only) – The centroid of the polygon surface.

  • normal (compas.geometry.Vector, read-only) – The normal vector of the polygon plane.

  • length (float, read-only) – The length of the polygon boundary.

  • area (float, read-only) – The area of the polygon surface.

Notes

All Polygon objects are considered closed. Therefore the first and last element in the list of points are not the same. The existence of the closing edge is implied.

Polygons are not necessarily planar by construction; they can be warped.

Examples

>>> polygon = Polygon([[0, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0], [1, 1, 0], [0, 1, 0]])
>>> polygon.centroid
Point(0.500, 0.500, 0.000)
>>> polygon.area
1.0

Methods

contains(point)

copy([cls])

Make an independent copy of the data object.

from_data(data)

Construct a polygon from its data representation.

from_json(filepath)

Construct an object from serialized data contained in a JSON file.

from_jsonstring(string)

Construct an object from serialized data contained in a JSON string.

from_sides_and_radius_xy(n, radius)

Construct a polygon from a number of sides and a radius.

is_convex()

Determine if the polygon is convex.

is_planar()

Determine if the polygon is planar.

to_data()

Convert an object to its native data representation.

to_json(filepath[, pretty])

Serialize the data representation of an object to a JSON file.

to_jsonstring([pretty])

Serialize the data representation of an object to a JSON string.

transform(T)

Transform this polygon.

transformed(transformation)

Returns a transformed copy of this primitive.

validate_data()

Validate the object’s data against its data schema (self.DATASCHEMA).

validate_json()

Validate the object’s data against its json schema (self.JSONSCHEMA).

Attributes

DATASCHEMA

The schema of the data of this object.

JSONSCHEMA

The schema of the JSON representation of the data of this object.

area

The area of the polygon.

centroid

The centroid of the polygon.

data

The data dictionary that represents the polygon.

dtype

The type of the object in the form of a “2-level” import and a class name.

guid

The globally unique identifier of the object.

length

The length of the boundary.

lines

The lines of the polygon.

name

The name of the object.

normal

The (average) normal of the polygon.

points

The points of the polygon.