Ellipse

eps_type: eps_ellipse

The eps_ellipse features are point features, and have only a single coordinate. This point serves as the centre of the ellipse. Additional attributes specify the primary axis (X) and secondary axis (Y) of the ellipse. EPS ellipses also support rotation.

Tip: Tip: The primary ellipse axis is not necessarily the longest axis, but rather the one on the x axis.

From the EPS ellipse, we also can arrive at circles (since they are just ellipses with both primary and secondary axes being equal).

In addition to the attributes below, ellipses also make use of the brush and pen attributes as defined by eps_area.

Attribute Name

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eps_primary_axis

The length of the semi-major axis in ground units. (x-axis)

Range: Any real number > 0

Default: No default

eps_secondary_axis

The length of the semi-minor axis in ground units. (y-axis)

Range: Any real number > 0

Default: No default

eps_rotation

The rotation of the major axis. The rotation is measured in degrees counterclockwise up from horizontal.

Range: -360.0..360.0

Default: 0