Polygon

A Polygon consists of one or more closed 'loops', and can be coloured in by setting its Brush property.

You can create a Polygon by using Polygon [Create-Simple].

Although you can create self-intersecting Polygon items, you should try to avoid this since some Boolean operations do not work with self-intersecting geometry. Use Simplify [Edit-Clean/Simplify] to fix up self-intersecting geometry.

Properties

• Area
• Clockwise
• Number of edges
• Number of loops
• Seed
• Splinter factor

Item Properties

Properties

• Area: _area#
  The area covered by the item in square metres.
  
  
• Clockwise: _bClockwise&
  Is the item geometry defined in a clockwise direction?
  
  
• Number of edges: _numedges&
  The number of edges in a geometrical shape.
  
  
• Number of loops: _numloops&
  The number of loops used by a Polygon item. Most Polygon items have only one loop. However, any holes or islands will be stored as extra loops.
  
  
• Seed: _seedx#, _seedy#, _seedz#;
  The x, y, z of the Polygon seed. The seed location defines the positioning of labels.
  
  
• Splinter factor: _splinter#
  The splinter factor of the Polygon. A circle has a splinter factor of 1. A very long and thin area could have a splinter factor of 100. Polygon items with large splinter factors are often produced by overlapping lines which are almost by not quite the same.

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