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DrawBot

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Overview
Canvas
Shapes
Path
Graphics state
Using text
Using images

Reference

This is the place to check what the DrawBot objects and functions do. Programmers call this the Application Programming Interface, or API. Currently we're adding descriptions to the reference to match DrawBot 2.0, it is not complete.

Drawing primitives

These are the basic instructions to start drawing in DrawBot. Initially all drawing can be done by calling any of these functions. Later on there are alternatives in which you can address some of the primitives as objects with methods and attributes.

Canvas

Things related to the canvas, drawing board, the page. The size of the document you're making.

Shapes

Different shapes and how to make them. Ovals, rectangles, polygons etc.

Graphics state

The graphics state handles rotation, translation, scaling and similar transformations.

Using text

Adding text to the document, setting parameters relating to text.

Using images

Adding images to the document, import external images, transform them, apply them.

Using Paths

Construct paths with Bezier curves and straight segments. import external images, transform them, apply them.

Quick Reference

A very short overview of the drawing primitives is available in the form of a script here:
quickreference.py