Bugfix for transformations on Arcs#238
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Some rotations produced complex eigenvalues and the atan2 function in transform(Arc,transform_matrix) expects reals.
We're computing eigenvectors/eigenvalues on real symmetric matrices so we should use the Hermitian form (np.linalg.eigh), which is guaranteed to return real eigenvectors/eigenvalues.
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LGTM, just the one suggestion. Thanks @kennyweiss !
Co-authored-by: Andrew Port <andyaport@gmail.com>
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https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1321070 by user mia + anag_factory - Update to 1.7.2 * Fix for arc transforms -- use eigh instead of eig #gh/mathandy/svgpathtools#238 * Fixed wrong length of flat quadratic bezier
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When loading an SVG with rounded rectangles and transforms, the
Pathtransform function gave the following error when transforming some of theArcpaths:After digging into it, some rotations generated eigenvectors with complex values rather than real values.
The fix was to use the Hermitian form (
np.linalg.eigh) instead ofnp.linalg.eigfor the eigenvector/value computations which is guaranteed to return reals. As far as I can tell, this is valid based on how theDmatrix is generated asinvT * Q * T.The following SVG is (close to) a minimal reproducer:
I added a test to
ArcTestthat triggers the error before the bugfix and is resolved by the bugfix.