QPainterPath::toFillPolygon() on an open polygon returns wrong values

MarKS

I have been trying to draw skeletal points of a human using 18 different joints. So, i decided to use QGraphicsPathItem. I could successfully generate the item which looks something like this: (pardon my drawing skills)

To achieve this i used:

QPainterPath pp;

pp.moveTo(m_points[0]); 
pp.lineTo(m_points[1]); 
pp.lineTo(m_points[2]); 
pp.lineTo(m_points[3]); 
pp.lineTo(m_points[4]); 

pp.moveTo(m_points[1]); 
pp.lineTo(m_points[5]); 
pp.lineTo(m_points[6]); 
pp.lineTo(m_points[7]); 

pp.moveTo(m_points[1]); 
pp.lineTo(m_points[8]); 
pp.lineTo(m_points[9]); 
pp.lineTo(m_points[10]);

pp.moveTo(m_points[1]); 
pp.lineTo(m_points[11]);
pp.lineTo(m_points[12]);
pp.lineTo(m_points[13]);

pp.moveTo(m_points[0]); 
pp.lineTo(m_points[14]);
pp.lineTo(m_points[16]);

pp.moveTo(m_points[0]); 
pp.lineTo(m_points[15]);
pp.lineTo(m_points[17]);

m_item->setPath(pp);

At some point of time when i wish to know the positions of the points, i use:

QPolygonF polygon = m_item->path().toFillPolygon();

this returns me 33 points instead of 18.

I feel this is because my polygon is open (with no same start and end point). I tested toFillPolygon() on a closed polygon it works fine.

Is there a way to get the current positions of those 18 points i started with from the path()? Or how do we extract all the points in an open polygon path?

MarKS

After realizing i cannot get points from toFillPolygon() i stumbled on this link. It helped me understand we can not extract points from QPainterPath using toFillPolygon() when our path itself is OPEN POLYGON i.e. starting and ending points are different. So, i used something like this:

QVector<QPointF> pointsTable;
QPainterPath path = m_item->path();

pointsTable.reserve(18);

// push the point 0 manually
// since it is created using moveTo()
// but we need this starting point
pointsTable.push_back(mapToScene(path.elementAt(0)));

// iterate through all the elements of the path
for (int idx = 0; idx < path.elementCount(); ++idx)
{
    // DO NOT consider moveTo() elements
    // we only need lineTo() elements
    if (!path.elementAt(idx).isMoveTo())
    {
        // push into the container
        pointsTable.push_back(mapToScene(path.elementAt(idx)));
    }
}

Notice i do not consider the elements moveTo() but only the elements lineTo() except for the first moveTo() element which is my starting position.

So, i can get current position of all the 18 points i initially started with to draw the path.

MarKS

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mrjj

Hi
Did you try with https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qpainterpath.html#toSubpathPolygons

The reason you might not get any answers yet
is that 11 hours is not long enough as users are in different time zones.

MarKS

After realizing i cannot get points from toFillPolygon() i stumbled on this link. It helped me understand we can not extract points from QPainterPath using toFillPolygon() when our path itself is OPEN POLYGON i.e. starting and ending points are different. So, i used something like this:

QVector<QPointF> pointsTable;
QPainterPath path = m_item->path();

pointsTable.reserve(18);

// push the point 0 manually
// since it is created using moveTo()
// but we need this starting point
pointsTable.push_back(mapToScene(path.elementAt(0)));

// iterate through all the elements of the path
for (int idx = 0; idx < path.elementCount(); ++idx)
{
    // DO NOT consider moveTo() elements
    // we only need lineTo() elements
    if (!path.elementAt(idx).isMoveTo())
    {
        // push into the container
        pointsTable.push_back(mapToScene(path.elementAt(idx)));
    }
}

Notice i do not consider the elements moveTo() but only the elements lineTo() except for the first moveTo() element which is my starting position.

So, i can get current position of all the 18 points i initially started with to draw the path.