(Beta 1) Scatter Chart Triangle Shape is Not Equilateral

[LEWJO10@ca.com]

Brendan,

The triangle returned from Primitives.triangle(0, 0, 10) that can be used as a ScatterSeries marker is a right angle triangle, which (in my opinion) looks odd (see attached). I think that it would be more appropriate in this context to return an equilateral triangle or at least an isosceles triangle.

If you agree, then please fix.

Thanks,
John Lewis

[BrendanC]

Thanks again John. This will be fixed in the next release. In the meantime this method should get you what you want:

public static PathSprite triangle(double cx, double cy, double radius) {    
    PathSprite triangle = new PathSprite();
    radius *= 1.75;
    triangle.addCommand(new MoveTo(cx, cy));
    triangle.addCommand(new MoveTo(0, -radius * 0.58, true));
    triangle.addCommand(new LineTo(radius * 0.5, radius * 0.87, true));
    triangle.addCommand(new LineTo(-radius, 0, true));
    triangle.addCommand(new ClosePath());
    return triangle;
  }