manim.mobject.geometry.Circle

class Circle(color='#FC6255', close_new_points=True, anchors_span_full_range=False, **kwargs)

Bases: manim.mobject.geometry.Arc

A circle.

Parameters

• color (Colors, optional) – The color of the shape.

• close_new_points (bool, optional) – No purpose.

• anchors_span_full_range (bool, optional) – No purpose.

• kwargs (Any) – Additional arguments to be passed to Arc

Examples

CircleExample

class CircleExample(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        circle_1 = Circle(radius=1.0)
        circle_2 = Circle(radius=1.5, color=GREEN)
        circle_3 = Circle(radius=1.0, color=BLUE_B, fill_opacity=1)

        circle_group = Group(circle_1, circle_2, circle_3).arrange(buff=1)
        self.add(circle_group)

Methods

point_at_angle	Returns the position of a point on the circle.
surround	Modifies a circle so that it surrounds a given mobject.

Attributes

animate	Used to animate the application of a method.
depth	The depth of the mobject.
height	The height of the mobject.
width	The width of the mobject.

point_at_angle(angle)

Returns the position of a point on the circle.

Parameters

angle (class: float) – The angle of the point along the circle in radians.

Examples

PointAtAngleExample

class PointAtAngleExample(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        circle = Circle(radius=2.0)
        p1 = circle.point_at_angle(PI/2)
        p2 = circle.point_at_angle(270*DEGREES)

        s1 = Square(side_length=0.25).move_to(p1)
        s2 = Square(side_length=0.25).move_to(p2)
        self.add(circle, s1, s2)

Returns

The location of the point along the circle’s circumference.

Return type

numpy.ndarray

surround(mobject, dim_to_match=0, stretch=False, buffer_factor=1.2)

Modifies a circle so that it surrounds a given mobject.

Parameters

• mobject (Mobject) – The mobject that the circle will be surrounding.

• dim_to_match (int, optional) –

• buffer_factor (float, optional) – Scales the circle with respect to the mobject. A buffer_factor < 1 makes the circle smaller than the mobject.

• stretch (bool, optional) – Stretches the circle to fit more tightly around the mobject. Note: Does not work with Line

Examples

CircleSurround

class CircleSurround(Scene):
    def construct(self):
        triangle1 = Triangle()
        circle1 = Circle().surround(triangle1)
        group1 = Group(triangle1,circle1) # treat the two mobjects as one

        line2 = Line()
        circle2 = Circle().surround(line2, buffer_factor=2.0)
        group2 = Group(line2,circle2)

        # buffer_factor < 1, so the circle is smaller than the square
        square3 = Square()
        circle3 = Circle().surround(square3, buffer_factor=0.5)
        group3 = Group(square3, circle3)

        group = Group(group1, group2, group3).arrange(buff=1)
        self.add(group)