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+%% Copyright (c) 2011, INRA
+%% 2006-2011, David Legland <david.legland@grignon.inra.fr>
+%% 2011 Adapted to Octave by Juan Pablo Carbajal <carbajal@ifi.uzh.ch>
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+%% -*- texinfo -*-
+%% @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{h} = } drawParabola (@var{parabola})
+%% @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} = } drawParabola (@var{parabola}, @var{t})
+%% @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} = } drawParabola (@dots{}, @var{param}, @var{value})
+%% Draw a parabola on the current axis.
+%%
+%% drawParabola(PARABOLA);
+%% Draws a vertical parabola, defined by its vertex and its parameter.
+%% Such a parabola admits a vertical axis of symetry.
+%%
+%% The algebraic equation of parabola is given by:
+%% (Y - YV) = A * (X - VX)^2
+%% Where XV and YV are vertex coordinates and A is parabola parameter.
+%%
+%% A parametric equation of parabola is given by:
+%% x(t) = t + VX;
+%% y(t) = A * t^2 + VY;
+%%
+%% PARABOLA can also be defined by [XV YV A THETA], with theta being the
+%% angle of rotation of the parabola (in degrees and Counter-Clockwise).
+%%
+%% drawParabola(PARABOLA, T);
+%% Specifies which range of 't' are used for drawing parabola. If T is an
+%% array with only two values, the first and the last values are used as
+%% interval bounds, and several values are distributed within this
+%% interval.
+%%
+%% drawParabola(..., NAME, VALUE);
+%% Can specify one or several graphical options using parameter name-value
+%% pairs.
+%%
+%% H = drawParabola(...);
+%% Returns an handle to the created graphical object.
+%%
+%%
+%% Example:
+%% @example
+%% figure(1); clf; hold on;
+%% drawParabola([50 50 .2 30]);
+%% drawParabola([50 50 .2 30], [-1 1], 'color', 'r', 'linewidth', 2);
+%% axis equal;
+%% @end example
+%%
+%% @seealso{drawCircle, drawEllipse}
+%% @end deftypefn
+
+function varargout = drawParabola(varargin)
+
+ % Extract parabola
+ if nargin<1
+ error('geom2d:IllegalArgument', ...
+ 'Please specify parabola representation');
+ end
+
+ % input parabola is given as a packed array
+ parabola = varargin{1};
+ varargin(1) = [];
+ x0 = parabola(:,1);
+ y0 = parabola(:,2);
+ a = parabola(:,3);
+
+ if size(parabola, 2)>3
+ theta = parabola(:, 4);
+ else
+ theta = zeros(length(a), 1);
+ end
+
+ % extract parametrisation bounds
+ bounds = [-100 100];
+ if ~isempty(varargin)
+ var = varargin{1};
+ if isnumeric(var)
+ bounds = var;
+ varargin(1) = [];
+ end
+ end
+
+ % create parametrisation
+ if length(bounds)>2
+ t = bounds;
+ else
+ t = linspace(bounds(1), bounds(end), 100);
+ end
+
+ % create handle array (in the case of several parabola)
+ h = zeros(size(x0));
+
+ % draw each parabola
+ for i=1:length(x0)
+ % compute transformation
+ trans = ...
+ createTranslation(x0(i), y0(i)) * ...
+ createRotation(deg2rad(theta(i))) * ...
+ createScaling(1, a);
+
+ % compute points on the parabola
+ [xt yt] = transformPoint(t(:), t(:).^2, trans);
+
+ % draw it
+ h(i) = plot(xt, yt, varargin{:});
+ end
+
+ % process output arguments
+ if nargout>0
+ varargout{1}=h;
+ end
+
+endfunction
+