USING STDDRAW TO RENDER GRAPHICS

By mr Hanley 10/31/2014

COMPUTER GRAPHICS

StdDraw is a class developed by Princeton University to help novice java programmers interact with a JFrame’s

A computer window uses x and y coordinates to determine where graphics are “painted”

Individual graphics can be drawn using StdDraw. followed by one of the lines or shapes

THE BOUNDARIES AND SCALE

You need to set the bounds and scale of your window

X=0, Y=0

X=width-1, Y=height-1

DRAWING ELEMENTS AND PEN COLOR To change pen color use

StdDraw.setPencolor(Color.black); or Color. And see which options pop up

StdDraw.clear(Color.choose a color) will clear the background to a certain color

StdDraw.show(milliseconds) will show the current scene for 20 milliseconds

GETTING IT SET UP

Search for StdDraw.java from web Copy source to a StdDraw class in your

project Make your program in a separate class You don’t need to make changes to

StdDraw.java file