Pencil

The most practical method for drawing a complex shape is undoubtedly using sketch.pencil. This tool allows us to design our drawing point by point. To use it, you simply need to initialize a sketch.

It’s important to note that for each method we’ll discuss, we can add _to to use relative coordinates to the previous point.

Movement

move(x, y): With the move method, we can define where to start our shape on the sketch.

Drawing

There are several methods available for drawing all the shapes for your design:

• line(x, y): Draws a line to the coordinates x, y.

• arc(x, y, radius): Draws an arc to x, y with a specified radius.

• tangent_arc(x, y): Draws an arc tangentially to the last primitive (arc or line)

• rounded_corner_then_line(x, y, radius): Draws a rounded corner followed by a line.

Getting the Shape

Once you have completed your design, there are two ways to get your shape to be used in extrusion or other operations:

• get_closed_shape: This will draw a line to your first point to close the shape if it isn’t already closed.

• close_with_mirror: This will mirror the pattern using the first-to-last point line as the mirror axis to close the shape.