Circumcenter

Element

Constructs the center of a Circumcircle without creating the circle. Like the circumcircle the circumcenter is constructed by providing three points. A circumcenter is given by three points which are all lying on the circle with the constructed circumcenter as the center.

Usage (signatures)
board.create('circumcenter', [p1, p2, p3]);

The constructed point is the center of the circle determined by points p1, p2, and p3.

Parameters
Name Type Description
p1 PointLike
p2 PointLike
p3 PointLike
Example

Center point of the circum circle of points p1, p2, p3

var p1 = board.create('point', [0.0, 2.0]);
var p2 = board.create('point', [2.0, 1.0]);
var p3 = board.create('point', [3.0, 3.0]);

var cc1 = board.create('circumcenter', [p1, p2, p3]);
Attributes

Own

none

Inherited

Members

Own

none

Inherited

Methods

Own

none

Inherited

Events

Own

none

Inherited

Throws

If the element cannot be constructed with the given parent objects an exception is thrown.

Type
Error

Details

Type
JXG.Point
Source
element/composition.js, line 1523

Extends