In Qt drawPoint method does not plot anything if negative valued parameters are supplies

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in Qt creator drawPoint() method does not put point if negative valued parameters are passed following is code for Bresenham's algorithm.but, it is not working in qt creator.it just plots circle in one quadrant.

Bresenham::Bresenham(QWidget*parent):QWidget(parent)  
{}

void  Bresenham::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *e)  
{  
     Q_UNUSED(e);  
     QPainter qp(this);  
     drawPixel(&qp);  
}  
void  Bresenham::drawPixel(QPainter *qp)  
{  
    QPen pen(Qt::red,2,Qt::SolidLine);  
    qp->setPen(pen);  
    int x=0,y,d,r=100;  
    y=r;  
    d=3-2*r;  
    do  
    {  
       qp->drawPoint(x,y);  
       qp->drawPoint(y,x);  
       qp->drawPoint(y,-x);  
       qp->drawPoint(x,-y);  
       qp->drawPoint(-x,-y);  
       qp->drawPoint(-y,-x);  
       qp->drawPoint(-x,y);  
       qp->drawPoint(-y,x);
       if(d<0)  
       {  
          d=d+4*x+6;  
       }  
       else  
       {  
          d=d+(4*x-4*y)+10;  
          y=y-1;  
       }  
       x=x+1;  
      }while(x<y); 
}

UmNyobe UmNyobe · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-14T09:17:12

You need to translate the Qt coordinate system to the classic cartesian one. Choose a new center QPoint orig and replace all

qp->drawPoint(x,y);

with

qp->drawPoint(orig + QPoint(x,y));

The Qt coordinates system origin is at (0,0) and the y-axis is inverted. For instance, a segment from A(2,7) to B(6,1) look like this:

enter image description here

Notice how there is only the positive-x, positive-y quadrant. For simplicity assume that no negative coordinates exist.

Note:

For performance reasons it is better to compute all the points first and then draw them all using

QPainter::drawPoints ( const QPoint * points, int pointCount );

In Qt drawPoint method does not plot anything if negative valued parameters are supplies

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