// Simple Motion with PVector // Daniel Shiffman // The Nature of Code, Spring 2009 // Demonstrates simple motion with a Thing class // Declare a "Thing" object Thing t; boolean showVectors = true; void setup() { size(200,200); smooth(); // Create the thing object t = new Thing(new PVector(0.01,0.01),new PVector(0,0),new PVector(0,0)); } void draw() { background(255); // Run the Thing object t.go(); } // Renders a vector object 'v' as an arrow and a location 'loc' void drawVector(PVector v, PVector loc, float scayl) { pushMatrix(); float arrowsize = 4; // Translate to location to render vector translate(loc.x,loc.y); stroke(0); // Call vector heading function to get direction (note that pointing up is a heading of 0) and rotate rotate(v.heading2D()); // Calculate length of vector & scale it to be bigger or smaller if necessary float len = v.mag()*scayl; // Draw three lines to make an arrow (draw pointing up since we've rotate to the proper direction) line(0,0,len,0); line(len,0,len-arrowsize,+arrowsize/2); line(len,0,len-arrowsize,-arrowsize/2); popMatrix(); }