Point

Creates a Point object with the given x and y coordinates.

Parameters:
• x: Number — the x coordinate
• y: Number — the y coordinate

Example — Create a point at x: 10, y: 5

var point = new Point(10, 5);
console.log(point.x); // 10
console.log(point.y); // 5

Creates a Point object using the numbers in the given array as coordinates.

Parameters:
• array: array

Example — Creating a point at x: 10, y: 5 using an array of numbers:

var array = [10, 5];
var point = new Point(array);
console.log(point.x); // 10
console.log(point.y); // 5

Example — Passing an array to a functionality that expects a point:

// Create a circle shaped path at x: 50, y: 50
// with a radius of 30:
var path = new Path.Circle([50, 50], 30);
path.fillColor = 'red';

// Which is the same as doing:
var path = new Path.Circle(new Point(50, 50), 30);
path.fillColor = 'red';

Creates a Point object using the properties in the given object.

Parameters:
• object: object

Example — Creating a point using an object literal with length and angle properties:

var point = new Point({
	length: 10,
	angle: 90
});
console.log(point.length); // 10
console.log(point.angle); // 90

Example — Creating a point at x: 10, y: 20 using an object literal:

var point = new Point({
	x: 10,
	y: 20
});
console.log(point.x); // 10
console.log(point.y); // 20

Example — Passing an object to a functionality that expects a point:

var center = {
	x: 50,
	y: 50
};

// Creates a circle shaped path at x: 50, y: 50
// with a radius of 30:
var path = new Path.Circle(center, 30);
path.fillColor = 'red';

Creates a Point object using the width and height values of the given Size object.

Parameters:
• size: Size

Example — Creating a point using a size object.

// Create a Size with a width of 100pt and a height of 50pt
var size = new Size(100, 50);
console.log(size); // { width: 100, height: 50 }
var point = new Point(size);
console.log(point); // { x: 100, y: 50 }

Creates a Point object using the coordinates of the given Point object.

Parameters:
• point: Point

Returns the addition of the supplied value to both coordinates of the point as a new point.

The object itself is not modified!

Returns:
• Point — the addition of the point and the value as a new point

Example

var point = new Point(5, 10);
var result = point + 20;
console.log(result); // {x: 25, y: 30}

Returns the addition of the supplied point to the point as a new point.

The object itself is not modified!

Returns:
• Point — the addition of the two points as a new point

Example

var point1 = new Point(5, 10);
var point2 = new Point(10, 20);
var result = point1 + point2;
console.log(result); // {x: 15, y: 30}

Returns the subtraction of the supplied value to both coordinates of the point as a new point.

The object itself is not modified!

Returns:
• Point — the subtraction of the point and the value as a new point

Example

var point = new Point(10, 20);
var result = point - 5;
console.log(result); // {x: 5, y: 15}

Returns the subtraction of the supplied point to the point as a new point.

The object itself is not modified!

Returns:
• Point — the subtraction of the two points as a new point

Example

var firstPoint = new Point(10, 20);
var secondPoint = new Point(5, 5);
var result = firstPoint - secondPoint;
console.log(result); // {x: 5, y: 15}

Returns the multiplication of the supplied value to both coordinates of the point as a new point.

The object itself is not modified!

Returns:
• Point — the multiplication of the point and the value as a new point

Example

var point = new Point(10, 20);
var result = point * 2;
console.log(result); // {x: 20, y: 40}

Returns the multiplication of the supplied point to the point as a new point.

The object itself is not modified!

Returns:
• Point — the multiplication of the two points as a new point

Example

var firstPoint = new Point(5, 10);
var secondPoint = new Point(4, 2);
var result = firstPoint * secondPoint;
console.log(result); // {x: 20, y: 20}

Returns the division of the supplied value to both coordinates of the point as a new point.

The object itself is not modified!

Returns:
• Point — the division of the point and the value as a new point

Example

var point = new Point(10, 20);
var result = point / 2;
console.log(result); // {x: 5, y: 10}

Returns the division of the supplied point to the point as a new point.

The object itself is not modified!

Returns:
• Point — the division of the two points as a new point

Example

var firstPoint = new Point(8, 10);
var secondPoint = new Point(2, 5);
var result = firstPoint / secondPoint;
console.log(result); // {x: 4, y: 2}

The modulo operator returns the integer remainders of dividing the point by the supplied value as a new point.

Returns:
• Point — the integer remainders of dividing the point by the value as a new point

Example

var point = new Point(12, 6);
console.log(point % 5); // {x: 2, y: 1}

The modulo operator returns the integer remainders of dividing the point by the supplied value as a new point.

Returns:
• Point — the integer remainders of dividing the points by each other as a new point

Example

var point = new Point(12, 6);
console.log(point % new Point(5, 2)); // {x: 2, y: 0}

Checks whether the coordinates of the point are equal to that of the supplied point.

Returns:
• Boolean — true if the points are equal, false otherwise

Example

var point = new Point(5, 10);
console.log(point == new Point(5, 10)); // true
console.log(point == new Point(1, 1)); // false
console.log(point != new Point(1, 1)); // true

The x coordinate of the point

Type:
• Number

The y coordinate of the point

Type:
• Number

The length of the vector that is represented by this point's coordinates.

Each point can be interpreted as a vector that points from the origin (x = 0, y = 0) to the point's location.

Setting the length changes the location but keeps the vector's angle.

Type:
• Number

The vector's angle in degrees, measured from the x-axis to the vector.

The angle is unsigned, no information about rotational direction is given.

Type:
• Number

The vector's angle in radians, measured from the x-axis to the vector.

The angle is unsigned, no information about rotational direction is given.

Type:
• Number

The quadrant of the angle of the point.

Angles between 0 and 90 degrees are in quadrant 1. Angles between 90 and 180 degrees are in quadrant 2, angles between 180 and 270 degrees are in quadrant 3 and angles between 270 and 360 degrees are in quadrant 4.

Type:
• Number

Example

var point = new Point({
	angle: 10,
	length: 20
});
console.log(point.quadrant); // 1

point.angle = 100;
console.log(point.quadrant); // 2

point.angle = 190;
console.log(point.quadrant); // 3

point.angle = 280;
console.log(point.quadrant); // 4

This property is only present if the point is an anchor or control point of a Segment or a Curve. In this case, it returns true it is selected, false otherwise

Type:
• Boolean

Returns a copy of the point.

Returns:
• Point — the cloned point

Example

var point1 = new Point();
var point2 = point1;
point2.x = 1; // also changes point1.x

var point2 = point1.clone();
point2.x = 1; // doesn't change point1.x

Returns:
• String — A string representation of the point.

Transforms the point by the matrix as a new point. The object itself is not modified!

Parameters:
• matrix: Matrix

Returns:
• Point — The transformed point

Returns the distance between the point and another point.

Parameters:
• point: Point
• squared: Boolean — Controls whether the distance should remain squared, or its square root should be calculated.

Returns:
• Number

Normalize modifies the length of the vector to 1 without changing its angle and returns it as a new point. The optional length parameter defines the length to normalize to.

The object itself is not modified!

Parameters:
• length: Number — The length of the normalized vector — optional, default: 1

Returns:
• Point — The normalized vector of the vector that is represented by this point's coordinates.

Returns the smaller angle between two vectors. The angle is unsigned, no information about rotational direction is given.

Parameters:
• point: Point

Returns:
• Number — the angle in degrees

Returns the smaller angle between two vectors in radians. The angle is unsigned, no information about rotational direction is given.

Parameters:
• point: Point

Returns:
• Number — the angle in radians

Returns the angle between two vectors. The angle is directional and signed, giving information about the rotational direction.

Read more about angle units and orientation in the description of the angle property.

Parameters:
• point: Point

Returns:
• Number — the angle between the two vectors

Rotates the point by the given angle around an optional center point.

The object itself is not modified.

Read more about angle units and orientation in the description of the angle property.

Parameters:
• angle: Number — the rotation angle
• center: Point — the center point of the rotation

Returns:
• Point — the rotated point

Checks whether the point is inside the boundaries of the rectangle.

Parameters:
• rect: Rectangle — the rectangle to check against

Returns:
• Boolean — true if the point is inside the rectangle, false otherwise

Checks if the point is within a given distance of another point.

Parameters:
• point: Point — the point to check against
• tolerance: Number — the maximum distance allowed

Returns:
• Boolean — true if it is within the given distance, false otherwise

Checks if the vector represented by this point is colinear (parallel) to another vector.

Parameters:
• point: Point — the vector to check against

Returns:
• Boolean — true it is parallel, false otherwise

Checks if the vector represented by this point is orthogonal (perpendicular) to another vector.

Parameters:
• point: Point — the vector to check against

Returns:
• Boolean — true it is orthogonal, false otherwise

Checks if this point has both the x and y coordinate set to 0.

Returns:
• Boolean — true both x and y are 0, false otherwise

Checks if this point has an undefined value for at least one of its coordinates.

Returns:
• Boolean — true if either x or y are not a number, false otherwise

Returns the dot product of the point and another point.

Parameters:
• point: Point

Returns:
• Number — the dot product of the two points

Returns the cross product of the point and another point.

Parameters:
• point: Point

Returns:
• Number — the cross product of the two points

Returns the projection of the point on another point.

Both points are interpreted as vectors.

Parameters:
• point: Point

Returns:
• Point — the projection of the point on another point

Returns a new point with rounded x and y values. The object itself is not modified!

Returns:
• Point

Example

var point = new Point(10.2, 10.9);
var roundPoint = point.round();
console.log(roundPoint); // {x: 10, y: 11}

Returns a new point with the nearest greater non-fractional values to the specified x and y values. The object itself is not modified!

Returns:
• Point

Example

var point = new Point(10.2, 10.9);
var ceilPoint = point.ceil();
console.log(ceilPoint); // {x: 11, y: 11}

Returns a new point with the nearest smaller non-fractional values to the specified x and y values. The object itself is not modified!

Returns:
• Point

Example

var point = new Point(10.2, 10.9);
var floorPoint = point.floor();
console.log(floorPoint); // {x: 10, y: 10}

Returns a new point with the absolute values of the specified x and y values. The object itself is not modified!

Returns:
• Point

Example

var point = new Point(-5, 10);
var absPoint = point.abs();
console.log(absPoint); // {x: 5, y: 10}

Returns a new point object with the smallest x and y of the supplied points.

Parameters:
• point1: Point
• point2: Point

Returns:
• Point — The newly created point object

Example

var point1 = new Point(10, 100);
var point2 = new Point(200, 5);
var minPoint = Point.min(point1, point2);
console.log(minPoint); // {x: 10, y: 5}

Returns a new point object with the largest x and y of the supplied points.

Parameters:
• point1: Point
• point2: Point

Returns:
• Point — The newly created point object

Example

var point1 = new Point(10, 100);
var point2 = new Point(200, 5);
var maxPoint = Point.max(point1, point2);
console.log(maxPoint); // {x: 200, y: 100}

Returns a point object with random x and y values between 0 and 1.

Returns:
• Point — The newly created point object

Example

var maxPoint = new Point(100, 100);
var randomPoint = Point.random();

// A point between {x:0, y:0} and {x:100, y:100}:
var point = maxPoint * randomPoint;