[Skencil-devel] Question about skencil

[Bernhard Reiter]

On Wednesday 13 August 2008 20:12, Marc Bogonovich wrote:
> I have a question about skencil. I have two main needs. 1) I need to
> produce vector graphs in which the geometrical relationships of objects
> (points, circles, lines, connected line) are specified by input data.
> (that is basically what a graph is, but I need to make custom graphs
> because my research involves making new kinds of visual representations
> of data) 2) I also need to determine the x and y values of vertices of
> polygons drawn in a vector format, in an automated way, so that these
> values can be ported into a different system, specifically a GIS
> (geographical information software).
>
> I have done some programming in perl, but am unaware of how to do these
> two things in perl or anything else. essentially I am looking to read
> and write information from and to vector graphics, You say that skencil
> is unusual as a vector program because it is based on a high level
> computer language, python, so does that mean I could learn this
> programming language and do the two things I mentioned above?

Yes.
There are a couple of examples to extend Skencil from which you can learn!
As you get full access to the data structures of all Skencil objects and
funcations I would says Skencil is well suited for your needs.

Best,
Bernhard R.

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