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BobT

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Group elements in svg output ?
« on: October 23, 2020, 11:21:53 pm »
Using fpvectorial, is it possible to generate an svg document / file with grouped elements ? My immediate goal is to be able to group simple rectangle shapes each with their own text element as a label, but a general solution capable of deeper levels of groupiing would have other uses as well.

wp

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Re: Group elements in svg output ?
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2020, 01:07:16 pm »
There is an AddLayer command which, for svg, is written as a new <g> node, i.e. groups the added elements. You must call SetCurrentLayer to activate the new layer, or combine both in AddLayerAndSetAsCurrent. ClearLayerselection returns to the first layer.

The following code
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  1. program fpvwritegroup;
  2.  
  3. {$mode objfpc}{$H+}
  4.  
  5. uses
  6.   fpimage, fpCanvas,
  7.   fpvectorial, svgvectorialwriter, fpvutils, fpvectorialpkg;
  8.  
  9. const
  10.   cFormat = vfSVG;
  11.   cExtension = '.svg';
  12. var
  13.   Vec: TvVectorialDocument;
  14.   Page: TvVectorialPage;
  15. begin
  16.   Vec := TvVectorialDocument.Create;
  17.   try
  18.     // All documents are 10cm x 10cm
  19.     Vec.Width := 100;
  20.     Vec.Height := 100;
  21.     Page := Vec.AddPage();
  22.  
  23.     Page.Clear;
  24.  
  25.     with Page.AddCircle(0, 0, 10) do
  26.     begin
  27.       Brush.Color := colYellow;
  28.       Brush.Style := bsSolid;
  29.     end;
  30.  
  31.     Page.AddLayerAndSetAsCurrent('g1');
  32.     with Page.AddCircle(50, 50, 10) do
  33.     begin
  34.       Brush.Color := colRed;
  35.       Brush.Style := bsSolid;
  36.     end;
  37.     with Page.AddCircle(55, 50, 10) do
  38.     begin
  39.       Brush.Color := colGreen;
  40.       Brush.Style := bsSolid;
  41.     end;
  42.  
  43.     Page.ClearLayerSelection;
  44.     with Page.AddCircle(100, 100, 10) do
  45.     begin
  46.       Brush.Color := colBlue;
  47.       Brush.Style := bsSolid;
  48.     end;
  49.  
  50.     Vec.WriteToFile('layer_demo' + cExtension, cFormat);
  51.  
  52.   finally
  53.     Vec.Free;
  54.   end;
  55. end.      

creates a file showing the <g> nodes as expected:

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  <g id="layer1">
  <circle cx="0" cy="354.32999999999998" r="35.433" style="stroke:#000000; stroke-width:1px; stroke-linecap:butt; stroke-linejoin:miter; stroke-opacity:1; fill:#FFFF00;" />
  <g id="layer2">
  <circle cx="177.16499999999999" cy="177.16499999999999" r="35.433" style="stroke:#000000; stroke-width:1px; stroke-linecap:butt; stroke-linejoin:miter; stroke-opacity:1; fill:#FF0000;" />
  <circle cx="194.88149999999999" cy="177.16499999999999" r="35.433" style="stroke:#000000; stroke-width:1px; stroke-linecap:butt; stroke-linejoin:miter; stroke-opacity:1; fill:#00FF00;" />
  </g>
  <circle cx="354.32999999999998" cy="0" r="35.433" style="stroke:#000000; stroke-width:1px; stroke-linecap:butt; stroke-linejoin:miter; stroke-opacity:1; fill:#0000FF;" />
  </g>
« Last Edit: November 23, 2020, 10:03:17 pm by wp »

BobT

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Re: Group elements in svg output ?
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2020, 08:04:43 pm »
Thanks wp. I'd fixed my ideas around the Inkscape 'layers' concept and missed that the fpvectorial 'layer' is +-what Inkscape calls a group.

 

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