Figures

In the boards system, each symbol has an associated figure that determines how it is displayed in the workspace.

Figure kinds

The Hybrix designer currently supports eight kinds of figures:

• Box: A 2D rectangle.
• Oval: An 2D ellipse.
• Line: A line defined as a list of (X,Y) points connected by line segments or curves, with optional arrowheads.

  To add points, select the line, then hold the SHIFT key while clicking the mouse.

• Point: A single (X,Y) point.
• Tilemap: A tilemap resource, using a specified tileset.
• Tile: Displays a specified individual tile from a given tileset.
• Clip: Displays a single animation frame from a specified sprite animation clip.
• Text: Displays a paragraph of text, essentially using the symbol caption as the figure itself.

The figure kind is determined by the symbol type, and can be changed at any time:

Changing the figure kind for a symbol type

Figure properties

Depending on the figure, different properties can be configured:

Figure properties	Box	Oval	Line	Point	Tilemap	Tile	Clip	Text
Metric: Width, Height	✓	✓	✓					✓
Metric: X, Y	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Caption	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Clip							✓
Color*	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Flip X, Flip Y, Rotate							✓
Frame index							✓
Line points & style			✓
Matte color					✓
Theme						✓	✓
Tile index						✓
Tilemap					✓
Tileset					✓	✓
Underlay	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

* For the "tilemap" and "tile" figure kinds, this color determines the appearance of the bitmap's transparent background.

When emitting a symbol, these properties can be accessed using a figure-based field type.