Point¶
The POINT entity (DXF Reference) represents a dimensionless point in WCS.
The POINT styling is a global setting, stored as header variable $PDMODE, this also means all POINT entities in a DXF document have the same styling:
| 0 | center dot (.) |
| 1 | none ( ) |
| 2 | cross (+) |
| 3 | x-cross (x) |
| 4 | tick (‘) |
Combined with these bit values
| 32 | circle |
| 64 | Square |
e.g. circle + square + center dot = 32 + 64 + 0 = 96
The size of the points is defined by the header variable $PDSIZE:
| 0 | 5% of draw area height |
| <0 | Specifies a percentage of the viewport size |
| >0 | Specifies an absolute size |
See also
- Tutorial for Simple DXF Entities, section Point
| Subclass of | ezdxf.entities.DXFGraphic |
| DXF type | 'POINT' |
| Factory function | ezdxf.layouts.BaseLayout.add_point() |
| Inherited DXF attributes | Common graphical DXF attributes |
Warning
Do not instantiate entity classes by yourself - always use the provided factory functions!
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class
ezdxf.entities.Point¶ -
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dxf.angle¶ Angle in degrees of the x-axis for the UCS in effect when POINT was drawn (float); used when PDMODE is nonzero.
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transform(m: ezdxf.math._matrix44.Matrix44) → ezdxf.entities.point.Point¶ Transform the POINT entity by transformation matrix m inplace.
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translate(dx: float, dy: float, dz: float) → ezdxf.entities.point.Point¶ Optimized POINT translation about dx in x-axis, dy in y-axis and dz in z-axis.
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virtual_entities(pdsize: float = 1, pdmode: int = 0) → Iterator[ezdxf.entities.dxfgfx.DXFGraphic]¶ Yields the graphical representation of POINT as virtual DXF primitives (LINE and CIRCLE). The dimensionless point is rendered as zero-length line!
Check for this condition:
e.dxftype() == 'LINE' and e.dxf.start.isclose(e.dxf.end)
if the rendering engine can’t handle zero-length lines.
Parameters: - pdsize – point size in drawing units
- pdmode – point styling mode
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