Pyclipper is a Cython wrapper exposing public functions and classes of the C++ translation of the Angus Johnson's Clipper library (ver. 6.4.2).
Pyclipper releases were tested with Python 2.7 and 3.4 on Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, x64) and Windows (8.1, x64).
Source code is available on GitHub. The package is published on PyPI.
Clipper - an open source freeware library for clipping and offsetting lines and polygons.
The Clipper library performs line & polygon clipping - intersection, union, difference & exclusive-or, and line & polygon offsetting. The library is based on Vatti's clipping algorithm.
Cython dependency is optional. Cpp sources generated with Cython are available in releases.
Note on using the setup.py:
setup.py operates in 2 modes that are based on the presence of the dev file in the root of the project.
dev is present, Cython will be used to compile the .pyx sources. This is the development mode (as you get it in the git repository).dev is absent, C/C++ compiler will be used to compile the .cpp sources (that were prepared in in the development mode). This is the distribution mode (as you get it on PyPI).This way the package can be used without or with an incompatible version of Cython.
The idea comes from Matt Shannon's bandmat library.
Cython not required.
pip install pyclipper
Cython required.
Clone the repository:
git clone git@github.com:fonttools/pyclipper.git
Install:
python setup.py install
After every modification of .pyx files compile with Cython:
python setup.py build_ext --inplaceClippers' preprocessor directives
Clipper can be compiled with the following preprocessor directives: use_int32, use_xyz, use_lines and use_deprecated. Among these the use_int32 and use_lines can be used with Pyclipper.
use_int32 - when enabled 32bit ints are used instead of 64bit ints. This improve performance but coordinate values are limited to the range +/- 46340. In Pyclipper this directive is disabled by default.use_lines - enables line clipping. Adds a very minor cost to performance. In Pyclipper this directive is enabled by default (since version 0.9.2b0).In case you would want to change these settings, clone this repository and change the define_macros collection (setup.py, pyclipper extension definition). Add a set like ('use_int32', 1) to enable the directive, or remove the set to disable it. After that you need to rebuild the package.
This wrapper library tries to follow naming conventions of the original library.
ClipperLib namespace is represented by the pyclipper module,Clipper and ClipperOffset -> Pyclipper and PyclipperOffset,Clipper.Execute, one function fills a list of paths the other PolyTree) that becomes Pyclipper.Execute and Pyclipper.Execute2.Basic clipping example (based on Angus Johnson's Clipper library):
import pyclipper
subj = (
((180, 200), (260, 200), (260, 150), (180, 150)),
((215, 160), (230, 190), (200, 190))
)
clip = ((190, 210), (240, 210), (240, 130), (190, 130))
pc = pyclipper.Pyclipper()
pc.AddPath(clip, pyclipper.PT_CLIP, True)
pc.AddPaths(subj, pyclipper.PT_SUBJECT, True)
solution = pc.Execute(pyclipper.CT_INTERSECTION, pyclipper.PFT_EVENODD, pyclipper.PFT_EVENODD)
# solution (a list of paths): [[[240, 200], [190, 200], [190, 150], [240, 150]], [[200, 190], [230, 190], [215, 160]]]
Basic offset example:
import pyclipper subj = ((180, 200), (260, 200), (260, 150), (180, 150)) pco = pyclipper.PyclipperOffset() pco.AddPath(subj, pyclipper.JT_ROUND, pyclipper.ET_CLOSEDPOLYGON) solution = pco.Execute(-7.0) # solution (a list of paths): [[[253, 193], [187, 193], [187, 157], [253, 157]]]
The Clipper library uses integers instead of floating point values to preserve numerical robustness. If you need to scale coordinates of your polygons, this library provides helper functions scale_to_clipper() and scale_from_clipper() to achieve that.
0.9.3b0
In previous version of Pyclipper (0.9.3b0) polygons could be automatically scaled using the SCALING_FACTOR variable. This was removed in version 1.0.0 due to inexact conversions related to floating point operations. This way the library now provides the original numerical robustness of the base library.
The SCALING_FACTOR removal breaks backward compatibility. For an explanation and help with migration, see https://github.com/fonttools/pyclipper/wiki/Deprecating-SCALING_FACTOR.
SCALING_FACTOR removal and additions to documentation by Michael Schwarz (@Feuermurmel),The package is maintained by Cosimo Lupo (@anthrotype).
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