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Public Class IsometricBase 'written by Hammond Pearce 'this class creats a set of points to make an isometric grid like so: (ASCII ART FOLLOWS - MONOSPACE FONT REQUIRED) ' 3________C__________4 ' / / ' / / ' B/ /D ' / / ' /__________________ / ' 1 A 2 Private sideApoints As Point() 'all the points along side A Private sideBpoints As Point() 'all the points along side B Private sideCpoints As Point() 'all the points along side C Private sideDpoints As Point() 'all the points along side D Private lastgridlines As Integer 'last gridlines used in calculatepoints, used in draw_all_points Private Stored_Corners As Point() 'last corners used in calculatepoints, used in draw_all_points Public ReadOnly Property SideA_Points() As Point() Get Return sideApoints End Get End Property Public ReadOnly Property sideB_points() As Point() Get Return sideBpoints End Get End Property Public ReadOnly Property sideC_points() As Point() Get Return sideCpoints End Get End Property Public ReadOnly Property sideD_points() As Point() Get Return sideDpoints End Get End Property Public Sub Calculatepoints(ByVal Corner1 As Point, ByVal Corner2 As Point, ByVal Corner3 As Point, ByVal Corner4 As Point, ByVal NumberOfGridlines As Integer) 'set up all variables Stored_Corners = New Point(4) {New Point(0, 0), Corner1, Corner2, Corner3, Corner4} 'store the last points with an offset (the newpoint) so that its more userfriendly for me! :D lastgridlines = NumberOfGridlines 'store the number of gridlines Dim count As Integer 'used to put data in correct pocket in array sideApoints = New Point(NumberOfGridlines) {} 'reset arrays ready to store sideBpoints = New Point(NumberOfGridlines) {} sideCpoints = New Point(NumberOfGridlines) {} sideDpoints = New Point(NumberOfGridlines) {} Dim temppoint As New Point 'used in do... loop as a temporary point to store values in 'side A 'reset common variables count = 0 Do Until temppoint.X = Corner2.X And temppoint.Y = Corner2.Y 'do until the temppoint = the point we are working to count += 1 'increment pocket If count > NumberOfGridlines Then Exit Do temppoint.X = Corner1.X - (Corner1.X - Corner2.X) / NumberOfGridlines * count 'these two instructions calculate the points between corner1 and corner3 temppoint.Y = Corner1.Y - (Corner1.Y - Corner2.Y) / NumberOfGridlines * count sideApoints(count) = temppoint 'store the temppoint as a real point Loop 'side C count = 0 Do Until temppoint.X = Corner4.X And temppoint.Y = Corner4.Y 'do until the temppoint = the point we are working to count += 1 'increment pocket If count > NumberOfGridlines Then Exit Do temppoint.X = Corner3.X - (Corner3.X - Corner4.X) / NumberOfGridlines * count 'these two instructions calculate the points between corner1 and corner3 temppoint.Y = Corner3.Y - (Corner3.Y - Corner4.Y) / NumberOfGridlines * count sideCpoints(count) = temppoint 'store the temppoint as a real point Loop 'sideB count = 0 Do Until temppoint.X = Corner3.X And temppoint.Y = Corner3.Y 'do until the temppoint = the point we are working to count += 1 'increment pocket If count > NumberOfGridlines Then Exit Do temppoint.X = Corner1.X + (Corner3.X - Corner1.X) / NumberOfGridlines * count 'these two instructions calculate the points between corner1 and corner3 temppoint.Y = Corner1.Y + (Corner3.Y - Corner1.Y) / NumberOfGridlines * count sideBpoints(count) = temppoint 'store the temppoint as a real point Loop 'sideD count = 0 Do Until temppoint.X = Corner4.X And temppoint.Y = Corner4.Y count += 1 If count > NumberOfGridlines Then Exit Do temppoint.X = Corner2.X + (Corner4.X - Corner2.X) / NumberOfGridlines * count temppoint.Y = Corner2.Y + (Corner4.Y - Corner2.Y) / NumberOfGridlines * count sideDpoints(count) = temppoint Loop End Sub Public Sub Draw_All_Points(ByVal graphicsobject As Graphics, ByVal P As Pen) 'this subroutine draws the isometric grid according to the sidepoints and the stored corners, using the lastgridlines variable to control the arrays With graphicsobject .DrawLine(P, Stored_Corners(1), Stored_Corners(2)) 'draw the sides .DrawLine(P, Stored_Corners(1), Stored_Corners(3)) .DrawLine(P, Stored_Corners(2), Stored_Corners(4)) .DrawLine(P, Stored_Corners(4), Stored_Corners(3)) End With Dim i As Integer For i = 0 To lastgridlines graphicsobject.DrawLine(P, SideA_Points(i), sideC_points(i)) 'draw the gridlines Next For i = 0 To lastgridlines graphicsobject.DrawLine(P, sideB_points(i), sideD_points(i)) Next End SubEnd Class
Dim scr_graphics As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics Dim p As New Pen(Color.Green) Dim corner1 As New Point(0, 200) Dim corner2 As New Point(400, 400) Dim corner3 As New Point(400, 0) Dim corner4 As New Point(800, 200) Dim myIB As New IsometricBase Dim mygridlines As Integer = 10 myIB.Calculatepoints(corner1, corner2, corner3, corner4, mygridlines) myIB.Draw_All_Points(scr_graphics, p)
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