Use the envelope from some object as the envelope for a diagram, in place of the diagram's default envelope.

sqNewEnv =
    circle 1 # fc green
    |||
    (    c # dashing [0.1,0.1] 0 # lc white
      <> square 2 # withEnvelope (c :: D R2) # fc blue
    )
c = circle 0.8
withEnvelopeEx = sqNewEnv # centerXY # pad 1.5

Use the trace from some object as the trace for a diagram, in place of the diagram's default trace.

phantom x produces a "phantom" diagram, which has the same envelope and trace as x but produces no output.

strut v is a diagram which produces no output, but with respect to alignment and envelope acts like a 1-dimensional segment oriented along the vector v, with local origin at its center. (Note, however, that it has an empty trace; for 2D struts with a nonempty trace see strutR2, strutX, and strutY from Diagrams.TwoD.Combinators.) Useful for manually creating separation between two diagrams.

strutEx = (circle 1 ||| strut unitX ||| circle 1) # centerXY # pad 1.1

pad s "pads" a diagram, expanding its envelope by a factor of s (factors between 0 and 1 can be used to shrink the envelope). Note that the envelope will expand with respect to the local origin, so if the origin is not centered the padding may appear "uneven". If this is not desired, the origin can be centered (using, e.g., centerXY for 2D diagrams) before applying pad.

frame s increases the envelope of a diagram by and absolute amount s, s is in the local units of the diagram. This function is similar to pad, only it takes an absolute quantity and pre-centering should not be necessary.

extrudeEnvelope v d asymmetrically "extrudes" the envelope of a diagram in the given direction. All parts of the envelope within 90 degrees of this direction are modified, offset outwards by the magnitude of the vector.

This works by offsetting the envelope distance proportionally to the cosine of the difference in angle, and leaving it unchanged when this factor is negative.

intrudeEnvelope v d asymmetrically "intrudes" the envelope of a diagram away from the given direction. All parts of the envelope within 90 degrees of this direction are modified, offset inwards by the magnitude of the vector.

Note that this could create strange inverted envelopes, where diameter v d < 0 .

A convenient synonym for mappend on diagrams, designed to be used infix (to help remember which diagram goes on top of which when combining them, namely, the first on top of the second).

beneath is just a convenient synonym for flip atop; that is, d1 `beneath` d2 is the diagram with d2 superimposed on top of d1.

Place two monoidal objects (i.e. diagrams, paths, animations...) next to each other along the given vector. In particular, place the second object so that the vector points from the local origin of the first object to the local origin of the second object, at a distance so that their envelopes are just tangent. The local origin of the new, combined object is the local origin of the first object (unless the first object is the identity element, in which case the second object is returned unchanged).

besideEx = beside (r2 (20,30))
                  (circle 1 # fc orange)
                  (circle 1.5 # fc purple)
           # showOrigin
           # centerXY # pad 1.1

Note that beside v is associative, so objects under beside v form a semigroup for any given vector v. In fact, they also form a monoid: mempty is clearly a right identity (beside v d1 mempty === d1), and there should also be a special case to make it a left identity, as described above.

In older versions of diagrams, beside put the local origin of the result at the point of tangency between the two inputs. That semantics can easily be recovered by performing an alignment on the first input before combining. That is, if beside' denotes the old semantics,

beside' v x1 x2 = beside v (x1 # align v) x2

To get something like beside v x1 x2 whose local origin is identified with that of x2 instead of x1, use beside (negateV v) x2 x1.

appends x ys appends each of the objects in ys to the object x in the corresponding direction. Note that each object in ys is positioned beside x without reference to the other objects in ys, so this is not the same as iterating beside.

appendsEx = appends c (zip (iterateN 6 (rotateBy (1/6)) unitX) (repeat c))
            # centerXY # pad 1.1
  where c = circle 1

Position things absolutely: combine a list of objects (e.g. diagrams or paths) by assigning them absolute positions in the vector space of the combined object.

positionEx = position (zip (map mkPoint [-3, -2.8 .. 3]) (repeat dot))
  where dot       = circle 0.2 # fc black
        mkPoint x = p2 (x,x^2)

Combine a list of diagrams (or paths) by using them to "decorate" a trail, placing the local origin of one object at each successive vertex of the trail. The first vertex of the trail is placed at the origin. If the trail and list of objects have different lengths, the extra tail of the longer one is ignored.

Combine a list of diagrams (or paths) by using them to "decorate" a concretely located trail, placing the local origin of one object at each successive vertex of the trail. If the trail and list of objects have different lengths, the extra tail of the longer one is ignored.

Combine a list of diagrams (or paths) by using them to "decorate" a path, placing the local origin of one object at each successive vertex of the path. If the path and list of objects have different lengths, the extra tail of the longer one is ignored.

cat v positions a list of objects so that their local origins lie along a line in the direction of v. Successive objects will have their envelopes just touching. The local origin of the result will be the same as the local origin of the first object.

See also cat', which takes an extra options record allowing certain aspects of the operation to be tweaked.

Like cat, but taking an extra CatOpts arguments allowing the user to specify

• The spacing method: catenation (uniform spacing between envelopes) or distribution (uniform spacing between local origins). The default is catenation.
• The amount of separation between successive diagram envelopes/origins (depending on the spacing method). The default is 0.

CatOpts is an instance of Default, so with may be used for the second argument, as in cat' (1,2) (with & sep .~ 2).

Note that cat' v (with & catMethod .~ Distrib) === mconcat (distributing with a separation of 0 is the same as superimposing).

Options for cat'.

Which CatMethod should be used: normal catenation (default), or distribution?

How much separation should be used between successive diagrams (default: 0)? When catMethod = Cat, this is the distance between envelopes; when catMethod = Distrib, this is the distance between origins.

Methods for concatenating diagrams.