Graphics items

There are different types of graphics items in Character Generator. For example, you can use rectangles, stars, polygons in your overlay.

Default XML description of the graphic item looks like:

<graphics type='rect' round-corners='0.3' color-angle='45' sides='0' star-inset='0.' outline='3.' outline-color='White' color='Red(220)-Yellow(100)-Green(180)'/>

And it looks like a rectangle with rounded corners:

To add such item with a code you can call:

string graphicsItemId = "myGraphics";
string graphicsConfiguration = @"<graphics type='rect' round-corners='0.3' color-angle='45' sides='0' star-inset='0.' outline='3.' outline-color='White' color='Red(220)-Yellow(100)-Green(180)'/>";
double relativeX = 0.05;
double relativeY = 0.05;
int isRelative = 1;
int isShow = 1; 
myCharGen.AddNewItem(graphicsConfiguration, relativeX, relativeY, isRelative, isShow, ref graphicsItemId);

Common properties of graphic items

Property	Description	Values	Example
color	color of filling	color according to Color settings	color='Blue(255)'
color-angle	gradient angle of filling	angle in degrees	color-angle='90'
outline	outline width	width in pixels	outline='8'
outline-color	color of outline	color according to Color settings	outline-color='Green'
type	type of graphics	described below	type='circle'

Graphics types

Type	Default view	Additional parameters
rect		round-corners to specify corner radius. For example, round-corners='0.5' :
block-1		None
block-2		None
block-3		None
block-4		None
block-5		None
block-6		None
circle		None
ellipse		None
triangle		None
polygon		sides to specify number of sides. For example, sides='8' :
star		sides to specify number of rays. For example, sides='8' : star-inset to specify a depth of rays. For example, start-inset='0.4' :

There is no specific structure to manage graphics items. So the only way to configure such items from source code is to set XML properties.