Shape.DisplayCurve

Property DisplayCurve As Curve

Member of Shape

The DisplayCurve property returns a curve representing the current shape. This property allows you to get a curve from a shape (rectangle, ellipse, polygon, and so on) without having to first convert the shape to a curve.

The curve returned by this property is read-only, so you cannot modify it. However, you can retrieve a copy in memory by using the GetCopy method, after which you can modify the curve.

The DisplayCurve property returns a read-only value.

The following code example creates a large circle and places 50 small circles along its path:

Sub Test() 
 Const Steps As Long = 50 
 Dim s As Shape, sp As SubPath 
 Dim x As Double, y As Double 
 Dim t As Double 
 Set s = ActiveLayer.CreateEllipse(0, 0, 5, 5) 
 For Each sp In s.DisplayCurve.Subpaths 
  For t = 0 To Steps - 1 
   sp.GetPointPositionAt x, y, t / Steps 
   ActiveLayer.CreateEllipse2 x, y, 0.05 
  Next t 
 Next sp 
End Sub