Area.shape is a placeholder for any Shape operation, providing reuse of previously defined shapes. The following example is the same as Add but reuses 2 previously defined shapes.
Before
group( borderColor: 'blue', borderWidth: 4, fill: 'cyan' ){
rect( x: 10, y: 10, width: 290, height: 80, arcWidth: 20, arcHeight: 20 )
circle( cx: 90, cy: 80, radius: 50 )
polygon(points: [175, 38, 229, 69, 229, 131, 175, 162, 121, 131, 121, 69])
}
After
// note that the next two shapes have asShape=true and have an id set rect( x: 10, y: 10, width: 290, height: 80, arcWidth: 20, arcHeight: 20, asShape: true, id: 's1' ) circle( cx: 90, cy: 80, radius: 50, asShape: true, id: 's2' ) add( borderColor: 'blue', borderWidth: 4, fill: 'cyan' ){ shape( s1 ) shape( s2 ) polygon(points: [175, 38, 229, 69, 229, 131, 175, 162, 121, 131, 121, 69]) }
