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Get Child
SVG files can be made of many individual shapes. Each of these shapes (called a "child") has its own name that can be used to extract it from the "parent" file. This example loads a map of the United States and creates two new PShape objects by extracting the data from two states.
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/**
* Get Child.
*
* SVG files can be made of many individual shapes.
* Each of these shapes (called a "child") has its own name
* that can be used to extract it from the "parent" file.
* This example loads a map of the United States and creates
* two new PShape objects by extracting the data from two states.
*/
PShape usa;
PShape michigan;
PShape ohio;
void setup() {
size(640, 360);
usa = loadShape("usa-wikipedia.svg");
michigan = usa.getChild("MI");
ohio = usa.getChild("OH");
}
void draw() {
background(255);
// Draw the full map
shape(usa, -600, -180);
// Disable the colors found in the SVG file
michigan.disableStyle();
// Set our own coloring
fill(0, 51, 102);
noStroke();
// Draw a single state
shape(michigan, -600, -180); // Wolverines!
// Disable the colors found in the SVG file
ohio.disableStyle();
// Set our own coloring
fill(153, 0, 0);
noStroke();
// Draw a single state
shape(ohio, -600, -180); // Buckeyes!
}
This example is for Processing 4+. If you have a previous version, use the examples included with your software. If you see any errors or have suggestions, please let us know.