问题
I have a circle centred at 0 with radius 80. How using python do I calculate the coordinates for 8 equidistant points around the circumference of the circle?
回答1:
r = 80
numPoints = 8.0
points = []
for index in range(numPoints):
points.append([r*math.cos((index*2*math.pi)/numPoints),r*math.sin((index*2*math.pi)/numPoints)])
return points
you can simplify this some if you know you are always going to have only 8 points with something like:
r = 80
numPoints = 8
points = []
x = (r*math.sqrt(2))/2
points = [[0,r],[x,x],[r,0],[-x,x],[-r,0],[-x,-x],[0,-r],[x,-x]]
print points
with x being the x/y of the point 45 degrees and 80 units away from the origin
回答2:
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coordinates 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 are equidistant points on a circumference of circle Radius R and its centre is at X (0,0)
take the triangle XLZ , its aright angled at L ,
Let LZ = H , LY = A
XL + LY = R => XL + A = R => XL = R-A
since XLZ is right angled , XZ square = XL square + LZ square
R square = (R-A) square + h square ————1
since these 8 points makes an octagon theta = 360 deg / 8 = 45 deg
tan 45 deg = h / XL = h / R-A => 1 = h/ R-A => h = R-A —————2
Z coordinates are (R-A, h) = > (h,h)
from the equations 1 and 2
R square = h square + h square => 2 h square = R square => h = R/ sqrt 2
so the coordinates at point 2 (Z) = (R/sqrt2, R/sqrt2)
remaining can be derived easily as they are just oppside
So all coordinates are
1 (0,R) 2 (R/sqrt2,R/sqrt2) 3 (R,0) 4 (-R/sqrt2, R/sqrt2) 5 (-R,0) 6 (-R/sqrt2,-R/sqrt2) 7 (0,-R) 8 (R/sqrt2, -R/sqrt2)
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39622575/calculate-pixel-coordinates-for-8-equidistant-points-on-a-circle