API reference - Class Image

_assign

Signature: void _assign (const Image other)

Description: Assigns another object to self

_const_cast

Signature: [const] Image ptr _const_cast

Description: Returns a non-const reference to self.

Basically, this method allows turning a const object reference to a non-const one. This method is provided as last resort to remove the constness from an object. Usually there is a good reason for a const object reference, so using this method may have undesired side effects.

This method has been introduced in version 0.29.6.

_create

Signature: void _create

Description: Ensures the C++ object is created

Use this method to ensure the C++ object is created, for example to ensure that resources are allocated. Usually C++ objects are created on demand and not necessarily when the script object is created.

_destroy

Signature: void _destroy

Description: Explicitly destroys the object

Explicitly destroys the object on C++ side if it was owned by the script interpreter. Subsequent access to this object will throw an exception. If the object is not owned by the script, this method will do nothing.

_destroyed?

Signature: [const] bool _destroyed?

Description: Returns a value indicating whether the object was already destroyed

This method returns true, if the object was destroyed, either explicitly or by the C++ side. The latter may happen, if the object is owned by a C++ object which got destroyed itself.

_dup

Signature: [const] new Image ptr _dup

Description: Creates a copy of self

_is_const_object?

Signature: [const] bool _is_const_object?

Description: Returns a value indicating whether the reference is a const reference

This method returns true, if self is a const reference. In that case, only const methods may be called on self.

_manage

Signature: void _manage

Description: Marks the object as managed by the script side.

After calling this method on an object, the script side will be responsible for the management of the object. This method may be called if an object is returned from a C++ function and the object is known not to be owned by any C++ instance. If necessary, the script side may delete the object if the script's reference is no longer required.

Usually it's not required to call this method. It has been introduced in version 0.24.

_unmanage

Signature: void _unmanage

Description: Marks the object as no longer owned by the script side.

Calling this method will make this object no longer owned by the script's memory management. Instead, the object must be managed in some other way. Usually this method may be called if it is known that some C++ object holds and manages this object. Technically speaking, this method will turn the script's reference into a weak reference. After the script engine decides to delete the reference, the object itself will still exist. If the object is not managed otherwise, memory leaks will occur.

Usually it's not required to call this method. It has been introduced in version 0.24.

assign

Signature: void assign (const Image other)

Description: Assigns another object to self

box

Signature: [const] DBox box

Description: Gets the bounding box of the image

clear

Signature: void clear

Description: Clears the image data (sets to 0 or black).

This method has been introduced in version 0.27.

create

Signature: void create

Description: Ensures the C++ object is created

Use of this method is deprecated. Use _create instead

Use this method to ensure the C++ object is created, for example to ensure that resources are allocated. Usually C++ objects are created on demand and not necessarily when the script object is created.

data

Signature: double[] data (int channel = 0)

Description: Gets the data array for a specific color channel

Returns an array of pixel values for the given channel. For a color image, channel 0 is green, channel 1 is red and channel 2 is blue. For a monochrome image, the channel is ignored.

For the format of the data see the constructor description.

This method has been introduced in version 0.27.

data_mapping

Signature: [const] ImageDataMapping data_mapping

Description: Gets the data mapping

The data mapping describes the transformation of a pixel value (any double value) into pixel data which can be sent to the graphics cards for display. See ImageDataMapping for a more detailed description.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a readable attribute 'data_mapping'. This is the getter.

data_mapping=

Signature: void data_mapping= (const ImageDataMapping data_mapping)

Description: Sets the data mapping object

The data mapping describes the transformation of a pixel value (any double value) into pixel data which can be sent to the graphics cards for display. See ImageDataMapping for a more detailed description.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a writable attribute 'data_mapping'. This is the setter.

delete

Signature: void delete

Description: Deletes this image from the view

If the image is an "active" one, this method will remove it from the view. This object will become detached and can still be manipulated, but without having an effect on the view. This method has been introduced in version 0.25.

destroy

Signature: void destroy

Description: Explicitly destroys the object

Use of this method is deprecated. Use _destroy instead

Explicitly destroys the object on C++ side if it was owned by the script interpreter. Subsequent access to this object will throw an exception. If the object is not owned by the script, this method will do nothing.

destroyed?

Signature: [const] bool destroyed?

Description: Returns a value indicating whether the object was already destroyed

Use of this method is deprecated. Use _destroyed? instead

This method returns true, if the object was destroyed, either explicitly or by the C++ side. The latter may happen, if the object is owned by a C++ object which got destroyed itself.

detach

Signature: void detach

Description: Detaches the image object from the view

If the image object was inserted into the view, property changes will be reflected in the view. To disable this feature, 'detach'' can be called after which the image object becomes inactive and changes will no longer be reflected in the view.

This method has been introduced in version 0.25.

dup

Signature: [const] new Image ptr dup

Description: Creates a copy of self

Python specific notes:
This method also implements '__copy__' and '__deepcopy__'.

filename

Signature: [const] string filename

Description: Gets the name of the file loaded of an empty string if not file is loaded

from_s

Signature: [static] new Image ptr from_s (string s)

Description: Creates an image from the string returned by to_s.

This method has been introduced in version 0.27.

get_pixel

(1) Signature: [const] double get_pixel (unsigned long x, unsigned long y)

Description: Gets one pixel (monochrome only)

If x or y value exceeds the image bounds, this method returns 0.0. This method is valid for monochrome images only. For color images it will return 0.0 always. Use is_color? to decide whether the image is a color image or monochrome one.

(2) Signature: [const] double get_pixel (unsigned long x, unsigned long y, unsigned int component)

Description: Gets one pixel (monochrome and color)

If the component index, x or y value exceeds the image bounds, this method returns 0.0. For monochrome images, the component index is ignored.

height

Signature: [const] unsigned long height

Description: Gets the height of the image in pixels

id

Signature: [const] unsigned long id

Description: Gets the Id

The Id is an arbitrary integer that can be used to track the evolution of an image object. The Id is not changed when the object is edited. On initialization, a unique Id is given to the object. The Id cannot be changed. This behaviour has been modified in version 0.20.

is_color?

Signature: [const] bool is_color?

Description: Returns true, if the image is a color image

is_const_object?

Signature: [const] bool is_const_object?

Description: Returns a value indicating whether the reference is a const reference

Use of this method is deprecated. Use _is_const_object? instead

This method returns true, if self is a const reference. In that case, only const methods may be called on self.

is_empty?

Signature: [const] bool is_empty?

Description: Returns true, if the image does not contain any data (i.e. is default constructed)

is_valid?

Signature: [const] bool is_valid?

Description: Returns a value indicating whether the object is a valid reference.

If this value is true, the object represents an image on the screen. Otherwise, the object is a 'detached' image which does not have a representation on the screen.

This method was introduced in version 0.25.

is_visible?

Signature: [const] bool is_visible?

Description: Gets a flag indicating whether the image object is visible

An image object can be made invisible by setting the visible property to false.

This method has been introduced in version 0.20.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a readable attribute 'visible'. This is the getter.

mask

Signature: [const] bool mask (unsigned long x, unsigned long y)

Description: Gets the mask for one pixel

See set_mask for details about the mask.

This method has been introduced in version 0.23.

mask_data

Signature: bool[] mask_data

Description: Gets the mask from a array of boolean values

See set_mask_data for a description of the data field.

This method has been introduced in version 0.27.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a readable attribute 'mask_data'. This is the getter.

mask_data=

Signature: void mask_data= (bool[] mask_data)

Description: Sets the mask from a array of boolean values

The order of the boolean values is line first, from bottom to top and left to right and is the same as the order in the data array.

This method has been introduced in version 0.27.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a writable attribute 'mask_data'. This is the setter.

matrix

Signature: [const] Matrix3d matrix

Description: Returns the pixel-to-micron transformation matrix

This transformation matrix converts pixel coordinates (0,0 being the center and each pixel having the dimension of pixel_width and pixel_height) to micron coordinates. The coordinate of the pixel is the lower left corner of the pixel.

The matrix is more general than the transformation used before and supports shear and perspective transformation. This property replaces the trans property which is still functional, but deprecated.

This method has been introduced in version 0.22.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a readable attribute 'matrix'. This is the getter.

matrix=

Signature: void matrix= (const Matrix3d t)

Description: Sets the transformation matrix

This transformation matrix converts pixel coordinates (0,0 being the center and each pixel having the dimension of pixel_width and pixel_height) to micron coordinates. The coordinate of the pixel is the lower left corner of the pixel.

The matrix is more general than the transformation used before and supports shear and perspective transformation. This property replaces the trans property which is still functional, but deprecated.

This method has been introduced in version 0.22.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a writable attribute 'matrix'. This is the setter.

max_value

Signature: [const] double max_value

Description: Sets the maximum value

See the max_value method for the description of the maximum value property.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a readable attribute 'max_value'. This is the getter.

max_value=

Signature: void max_value= (double v)

Description: Gets the upper limit of the values in the data set

This value determines the upper end of the data mapping (i.e. white value etc.). It does not necessarily correspond to the maximum value of the data set but it must be larger than that.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a writable attribute 'max_value'. This is the setter.

min_value

Signature: [const] double min_value

Description: Gets the upper limit of the values in the data set

This value determines the upper end of the data mapping (i.e. white value etc.). It does not necessarily correspond to the minimum value of the data set but it must be larger than that.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a readable attribute 'min_value'. This is the getter.

min_value=

Signature: void min_value= (double v)

Description: Sets the minimum value

See min_value for the description of the minimum value property.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a writable attribute 'min_value'. This is the setter.

new

(1) Signature: [static] new Image ptr new

Description: Create a new image with the default attributes

This will create an empty image without data and no particular pixel width or related. Use the read_file or set_data methods to set image properties and pixel values.

Python specific notes:
This method is the default initializer of the object.

(2) Signature: [static] new Image ptr new (string filename, const DCplxTrans trans = unity)

Description: Constructor from a image file

This constructor creates an image object from a file (which can have any format supported by Qt) and a transformation. The image will originally be put to position 0,0 (lower left corner) and each pixel will have a size of 1. The transformation describes how to transform this image into micron space.

Python specific notes:
This method is the default initializer of the object.

(3) Signature: [static] new Image ptr new (const PixelBuffer pixels, const DCplxTrans trans = unity)

Description: Constructor from a image pixel buffer

This constructor creates an image object from a pixel buffer object. This object holds RGB or mono image data similar to QImage, except it is available also when Qt is not available (e.g. inside the Python module).

The image will originally be put to position 0,0 (lower left corner) and each pixel will have a size of 1. The transformation describes how to transform this image into micron space.

Python specific notes:
This method is the default initializer of the object.

(4) Signature: [static] new Image ptr new (const QImage image, const DCplxTrans trans = unity)

Description: Constructor from a image pixel buffer

This constructor creates an image object from a pixel QImage object and uses RGB or mono image data to generate the image.

The image will originally be put to position 0,0 (lower left corner) and each pixel will have a size of 1. The transformation describes how to transform this image into micron space.

Python specific notes:
This method is the default initializer of the object.

(5) Signature: [static] new Image ptr new (unsigned long w, unsigned long h, double[] data)

Description: Constructor for a monochrome image with the given pixel values

This constructor creates an image from the given pixel values. The values have to be organized line by line. Each line must consist of "w" values where the first value is the leftmost pixel. Note, that the rows are oriented in the mathematical sense (first one is the lowest) contrary to the common convention for image data. Initially the pixel width and height will be 1 micron and the data range will be 0 to 1.0 (black to white level). To adjust the data range use the min_value and max_value properties.

Python specific notes:
This method is the default initializer of the object.

(6) Signature: [static] new Image ptr new (unsigned long w, unsigned long h, const DCplxTrans trans, double[] data)

Description: Constructor for a monochrome image with the given pixel values

This constructor creates an image from the given pixel values. The values have to be organized line by line. Each line must consist of "w" values where the first value is the leftmost pixel. Note, that the rows are oriented in the mathematical sense (first one is the lowest) contrary to the common convention for image data. Initially the pixel width and height will be 1 micron and the data range will be 0 to 1.0 (black to white level). To adjust the data range use the min_value and max_value properties.

Python specific notes:
This method is the default initializer of the object.

(7) Signature: [static] new Image ptr new (unsigned long w, unsigned long h, double[] red, double[] green, double[] blue)

Description: Constructor for a color image with the given pixel values

This constructor creates an image from the given pixel values. The values have to be organized line by line and separated by color channel. Each line must consist of "w" values where the first value is the leftmost pixel. Note, that the rows are oriented in the mathematical sense (first one is the lowest) contrary to the common convention for image data. Initially the pixel width and height will be 1 micron and the data range will be 0 to 1.0 (black to white level). To adjust the data range use the min_value and max_value properties.

Python specific notes:
This method is the default initializer of the object.

(8) Signature: [static] new Image ptr new (unsigned long w, unsigned long h, const DCplxTrans trans, double[] red, double[] green, double[] blue)

Description: Constructor for a color image with the given pixel values

This constructor creates an image from the given pixel values. The values have to be organized line by line and separated by color channel. Each line must consist of "w" values where the first value is the leftmost pixel. Note, that the rows are oriented in the mathematical sense (first one is the lowest) contrary to the common convention for image data. Initially the pixel width and height will be 1 micron and the data range will be 0 to 1.0 (black to white level). To adjust the data range use the min_value and max_value properties.

Python specific notes:
This method is the default initializer of the object.

pixel_height

Signature: [const] double pixel_height

Description: Gets the pixel height

See pixel_height= for a description of that property.

Starting with version 0.22, this property is incorporated into the transformation matrix. This property is provided for convenience only.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a readable attribute 'pixel_height'. This is the getter.

pixel_height=

Signature: void pixel_height= (double h)

Description: Sets the pixel height

The pixel height determines the height of on pixel in the original space which is transformed to micron space with the transformation.

Starting with version 0.22, this property is incorporated into the transformation matrix. This property is provided for convenience only.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a writable attribute 'pixel_height'. This is the setter.

pixel_width

Signature: [const] double pixel_width

Description: Gets the pixel width

See pixel_width= for a description of that property.

Starting with version 0.22, this property is incorporated into the transformation matrix. This property is provided for convenience only.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a readable attribute 'pixel_width'. This is the getter.

pixel_width=

Signature: void pixel_width= (double w)

Description: Sets the pixel width

The pixel width determines the width of on pixel in the original space which is transformed to micron space with the transformation.

Starting with version 0.22, this property is incorporated into the transformation matrix. This property is provided for convenience only.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a writable attribute 'pixel_width'. This is the setter.

read

Signature: [static] new Image ptr read (string path)

Description: Loads the image from the given path.

This method expects the image file as a KLayout image format file (.lyimg). This is a XML-based format containing the image data plus placement and transformation information for the image placement. In addition, image manipulation parameters for false color display and color channel enhancement are embedded.

This method has been introduced in version 0.27.

set_data

(1) Signature: void set_data (unsigned long w, unsigned long h, double[] d)

Description: Writes the image data field (monochrome)

See the constructor description for the data organisation in that field.

(2) Signature: void set_data (unsigned long w, unsigned long h, double[] r, double[] g, double[] b)

Description: Writes the image data field (color)

See the constructor description for the data organisation in that field.

set_mask

Signature: void set_mask (unsigned long x, unsigned long y, bool m)

Description: Sets the mask for a pixel

If the mask of a pixel is set to false, the pixel is not drawn. The default is true for all pixels.

This method has been introduced in version 0.23.

set_pixel

(1) Signature: void set_pixel (unsigned long x, unsigned long y, double v)

Description: Sets one pixel (monochrome)

If the component index, x or y value exceeds the image bounds of the image is a color image, this method does nothing.

(2) Signature: void set_pixel (unsigned long x, unsigned long y, double r, double g, double b)

Description: Sets one pixel (color)

If the component index, x or y value exceeds the image bounds of the image is not a color image, this method does nothing.

to_s

Signature: [const] string to_s

Description: Converts the image to a string

The string returned can be used to create an image object using from_s.

Python specific notes:
This method is also available as 'str(object)'.

trans

Signature: [const] DCplxTrans trans

Description: Returns the pixel-to-micron transformation

This transformation converts pixel coordinates (0,0 being the lower left corner and each pixel having the dimension of pixel_width and pixel_height) to micron coordinates. The coordinate of the pixel is the lower left corner of the pixel.

The general property is matrix which also allows perspective and shear transformation. This property will only work, if the transformation does not include perspective or shear components. Therefore this property is deprecated. Please note that for backward compatibility, the rotation center is pixel 0,0 (lowest left one), while it is the image center for the matrix transformation.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a readable attribute 'trans'. This is the getter.

trans=

Signature: void trans= (const DCplxTrans t)

Description: Sets the transformation

This transformation converts pixel coordinates (0,0 being the lower left corner and each pixel having the dimension of pixel_width and pixel_height) to micron coordinates. The coordinate of the pixel is the lower left corner of the pixel.

The general property is matrix which also allows perspective and shear transformation. Please note that for backward compatibility, the rotation center is pixel 0,0 (lowest left one), while it is the image center for the matrix transformation.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a writable attribute 'trans'. This is the setter.

transformed

(1) Signature: [const] Image transformed (const DTrans t)

Description: Transforms the image with the given simple transformation

(2) Signature: [const] Image transformed (const Matrix3d t)

Description: Transforms the image with the given matrix transformation

This method has been introduced in version 0.22.

(3) Signature: [const] Image transformed (const DCplxTrans t)

Description: Transforms the image with the given complex transformation

transformed_cplx

Signature: [const] Image transformed_cplx (const DCplxTrans t)

Description: Transforms the image with the given complex transformation

Use of this method is deprecated. Use transformed instead

transformed_matrix

Signature: [const] Image transformed_matrix (const Matrix3d t)

Description: Transforms the image with the given matrix transformation

Use of this method is deprecated. Use transformed instead

This method has been introduced in version 0.22.

update

Signature: void update

Description: Forces an update of the view

Usually it is not required to call this method. The image object is automatically synchronized with the view's image objects. For performance reasons this update is delayed to collect multiple update requests. Calling 'update' will ensure immediate updates.

This method has been introduced in version 0.25.

visible=

Signature: void visible= (bool v)

Description: Sets the visibility

See the is_visible? method for a description of this property.

This method has been introduced in version 0.20.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a writable attribute 'visible'. This is the setter.

width

Signature: [const] unsigned long width

Description: Gets the width of the image in pixels

write

Signature: [const] void write (string path)

Description: Saves the image to KLayout's image format (.lyimg)

This method has been introduced in version 0.27.

z_position

Signature: [const] int z_position

Description: Gets the z position of the image

Images with a higher z position are painted in front of images with lower z position. The z value is an integer that controls the position relative to other images.

This method was introduced in version 0.25.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a readable attribute 'z_position'. This is the getter.

z_position=

Signature: void z_position= (int z)

Description: Sets the z position of the image

See z_position for details about the z position attribute.

This method was introduced in version 0.25.

Python specific notes:
The object exposes a writable attribute 'z_position'. This is the setter.