Components All New MacOS Windows Linux iOS
Examples Mac & Win Server Client Guides Statistic FMM Blog Deprecated Old

GMImage.DrawEllipse

Draw an ellipse.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server iOS SDK
GraphicsMagick 3.0 ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes ✅ Yes
MBS( "GMImage.DrawEllipse"; ImageRef; originX; originY; radiusX; radiusY; arcStart; arcEnd )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
ImageRef The image reference number. 1
originX The X coordinate for origin position.
originY The Y coordinate for origin position.
radiusX The radius.
radiusY The radius.
arcStart The start degree value.
arcEnd The end degree value.

Result

Returns OK or error message.

Description

Draw an ellipse.
Draw an ellipse using the stroke color and thickness, specified origin, x & y radius, as well as specified start and end of arc in degrees. If a fill color is specified, then the object is filled.

If you have an open path, the command is added there for later drawing with GMImage.DrawPath.

Examples

Draws an ellipse in a new image:

Set Variable [ $img; Value:MBS("GMImage.New"; "300x200"; "RGB 1 1 1") ]
Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("GMImage.SetStrokeColor"; $img; "RGB 1 0 0") ]
Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("GMImage.SetFillColor"; $img; "RGB 0 0 1") ]
Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("GMImage.SetLineWidth"; $img; 5) ]
Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("GMImage.DrawEllipse"; $img; 150; 100; 80; 60; 0; 360) ]
Set Variable [ $png; Value:MBS("GMImage.WriteToPNGContainer"; $img; "test.png") ]
Set Variable [ $r; Value:MBS("GMImage.Release"; $img) ]
Set Field [ Drawing::Image; $png ]

See also

Example Databases

Blog Entries

This function checks for a license.

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 4th September 2025


GMImage.DrawCircle - GMImage.DrawLine