Ellipse¶

ELLIPSE (DXF Reference) with center point at location dxf.center and a major axis dxf.major_axis as vector. dxf.ratio is the ratio of minor axis to major axis. dxf.start_param and dxf.end_param defines the starting- and the end point of the ellipse, a full ellipse goes from 0 to 2*pi. The ellipse goes from starting- to end param in counter clockwise direction.

dxf.extrusion is supported, but does not establish an OCS, but creates an 3D entity by extruding the base ellipse in direction of the dxf.extrusion vector.

Subclass of	`ezdxf.entities.DXFGraphic`
DXF type	`'ELLIPSE'`
factory function	`add_ellipse()`
Inherited DXF attributes	Common graphical DXF attributes
Required DXF version	DXF R2000 (`'AC1015'`)

class ezdxf.entities.Ellipse¶

dxf.center¶: Center point of circle (2D/3D Point in WCS)

dxf.major_axis¶: Endpoint of major axis, relative to the dxf.center (Vec3), default value is (1, 0, 0).

dxf.ratio¶: Ratio of minor axis to major axis (float), has to be in range from 0.000001 to 1, default value is 1.

dxf.start_param¶: Start parameter (float), default value is 0.

dxf.end_param¶: End parameter (float), default value is 2*pi.

start_point¶: Returns the start point of the ellipse in WCS.

end_point¶: Returns the end point of the ellipse in WCS.

minor_axis¶: Returns the minor axis of the ellipse as Vec3 in WCS.

construction_tool() → ezdxf.math.ellipse.ConstructionEllipse¶: Returns construction tool ezdxf.math.ConstructionEllipse.

apply_construction_tool(e: ezdxf.math.ellipse.ConstructionEllipse) → ezdxf.entities.ellipse.Ellipse¶: Set ELLIPSE data from construction tool ezdxf.math.ConstructionEllipse.

vertices(params: Iterable[float]) → Iterable[ezdxf.math._vector.Vec3]¶

Yields vertices on ellipse for iterable params in WCS.

Parameters:	params – param values in the range from `0` to `2*pi` in radians, param goes counter clockwise around the extrusion vector, major_axis = local x-axis = 0 rad.

flattening(distance: float, segments: int = 8) → Iterable[ezdxf.math._vector.Vec3]¶

Adaptive recursive flattening. The argument segments is the minimum count of approximation segments, if the distance from the center of the approximation segment to the curve is bigger than distance the segment will be subdivided. Returns a closed polygon for a full ellipse: start vertex == end vertex.

Parameters:	distance – maximum distance from the projected curve point onto the segment chord. segments – minimum segment count

New in version 0.15.

params(num: int) → Iterable[float]¶

Returns num params from start- to end param in counter clockwise order.

All params are normalized in the range from [0, 2pi).

transform(m: ezdxf.math._matrix44.Matrix44) → ezdxf.entities.ellipse.Ellipse¶: Transform the ELLIPSE entity by transformation matrix m inplace.

translate(dx: float, dy: float, dz: float) → ezdxf.entities.ellipse.Ellipse¶: Optimized ELLIPSE translation about dx in x-axis, dy in y-axis and dz in z-axis, returns self (floating interface).

to_spline(replace=True) → Spline¶

Convert ELLIPSE to a Spline entity.

Adds the new SPLINE entity to the entity database and to the same layout as the source entity.

Parameters:	replace – replace (delete) source entity by SPLINE entity if `True`

classmethod from_arc(entity: ezdxf.entities.dxfgfx.DXFGraphic) → ezdxf.entities.ellipse.Ellipse¶

Create a new ELLIPSE entity from ARC or CIRCLE entity.

The new SPLINE entity has no owner, no handle, is not stored in the entity database nor assigned to any layout!