Usage

You can add a digging designation to the end of any of the drawing commands - [dujihrx]. The default is 'd'.

For example, digshape star 5 2 j will dig a 5 pointed star out of downstairs with the mark as the center and the cursor as a vertex on the star

In-game help

digshape ?

Set the origin

digshape origin

The origin is used for most drawing operations. It persists between operations. It is Step 1 in any of the following operations.

draw a line

digshape line

draws a straight line from cursor to mark

draw an ellipse

digshape ellipse [filled]

Step 2: draw an ellipse contained within the bounding box formed of the mark and current cursor.

draw an ellipse using 3 pt

digshape major  

Step 2: set the end of the major axis from mark to cursor.

digshape ellipse3p

Step 3: draw the ellipse using new cursor as the semiminor axis length (midpoint of major axis->cursor)
Note: ellipse3p cannot yet be filled by an argument, use flood

draw a circle with arbitrary diameter

digshape circle2p

Step 2: mark and cursor form the diameter of the circle (at any tilt).

draw a 3 pt bezier curve

digshape major

Step 2: set the endpoint of the curve

digshape bez [sharpness=1.5]

Step 3: draw the curve between mark and endpoint, pulled towards the cursor. A weight may be specified to adjust the sharpness of the curve [0=straight line, large number=hairpin).

eg: draw a bezier curve
Step 1: place start of curve at cursor: digshape origin
Step 2: move cursor to end of curve, then: digshape major
Step 3: move cursor to the side of the line to be the control point for the curve, then: digshape bez, or digshape bez 9 for a curve that gets closer to the cursor.

draw a polygon with cursor as vertex

digshape polygon <n sides>

Step 2: draw a polygon with sides using the mark as center and cursor as a vertex

eg: digshape polygon 5 h: draws a pentagram of channel designations, with the mark as the center, and the cursor as one of the verticies.
eg: digshape polygon 6: draws a hexagon of dig designations, with the mark as the center, and the cursor as one of the verticies.

draw a polygon with cursor as apothem

digshape polygon <n sides> apothem

Step 2: Draw a polygon with n sides, with the mark as center, and cursor as a midpoint of one of the sides [apothem, like a radius]

Draw a star polygon

In Schläfli symbol notation mark as center and cursor as a vertex digshape star <n sides> [skip=2]

draw a point with n-fold symmetry

digshape star <n sides> <n sides>

Step 2: draw a point at the cursor, and at n points around the origin at the same radius, as though they were verticies of a star without drawing the connecting lines. (eg for 5fold: "digshape star 5 5"). It is helpful to bind this to a keycombo, so that it can be used to draw.

Draw an Archimedean spiral with specified number of "coils", each point separated by "chord" tiles

digshape spiral <coils> <chord>

flood fill an area

    digshape flood [max coverage=10000]

Fill an area with a dig designation. Will only fill tiles that match the designation under the cursor. Ignores/does not require the origin to be set.
Note: Larger max coverages can take time to fill. A great way to fill in the above shapes.

undo last digshape command

    digshape undo

restores designations for the last digshape command. Will not record manual or other commands designations, but won't loose it's record.

move all markers to the current z level

    digshape resetz

moves the markers (origin, major) to the current z level

digshape star <n sides> [skip=2]

Draw an Archimedean spiral with specified number of "coils", each point separated by "chord" tiles

digshape spiral <coils> <chord>

Contributors

• flipvine
• Qvatch
• keupo
• flavorstreet

Resources of interest

DFHack Lua API

DFHack dig plugin - digcircle

Bresenham's line algorithm

A Fast Bresenham Type Algorithm For Drawing Ellipses, alternate link, also in resources/belipse.pdf

A Rasterizing Algorithm for Drawing Curves

Writeable Bitmap Shape Extensions used under the MIT license

Drawing equidistant points on a spiral