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Mahesh12
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March 24, 2023
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how to check the direction of the pathitem using adobe sdk

  • March 24, 2023
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hi all,

i want to retrieve the direction of the path through code..
how ro check the direction of the path and rectangle..

please provide some sample c++ code using adobe sdk

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Correct answer A. Patterson

There's no SDK for this, you just have to grab the path & determine its direction by calculating the area. I forget which type Adobe uses (right or left) but I think negative is clockwise & positive is counter-clockwise. Obviously this only works for closed areas.

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A. Patterson
A. PattersonCorrect answer
Inspiring
March 24, 2023

There's no SDK for this, you just have to grab the path & determine its direction by calculating the area. I forget which type Adobe uses (right or left) but I think negative is clockwise & positive is counter-clockwise. Obviously this only works for closed areas.

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Mahesh12Author
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March 25, 2023

thanks A.patterson for replaying..
can you vplease provide some sample code to do this..
thanks

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