How to write simple geometric shapes into numpy arrays

Question

I would like to generate a numpy array of 200x200 elements in size and put into it a circle centered into 100,100 coordinates, radius 80 and stroke width of 3 pixels. How to do

Answer 1

Another possibility is to use scikit-image. You can use circle_perimeter for a hollow or circle for a full circle.

You can draw a single stroke circle like so:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from skimage import draw
arr = np.zeros((200, 200))
rr, cc = draw.circle_perimeter(100, 100, radius=80, shape=arr.shape)
arr[rr, cc] = 1
plt.imshow(arr)
plt.show()

You can also emulate a stroke by using a loop. In this case you should use the anti-aliased version to avoid artifacts:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from skimage import draw
arr = np.zeros((200, 200))
stroke = 3
# Create stroke-many circles centered at radius. 
for delta in range(-(stroke // 2) + (stroke % 2), (stroke + 1) // 2):
    rr, cc, _ = draw.circle_perimeter_aa(100, 100, radius=80+delta, shape=arr.shape)
    arr[rr, cc] = 1
plt.imshow(arr)
plt.show()

A probably more efficient way is to generate two full circles and "subtract" the inner from the outer one:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from skimage import draw
arr = np.zeros((200, 200))
stroke = 3
# Create an outer and inner circle. Then subtract the inner from the outer.
radius = 80
inner_radius = radius - (stroke // 2) + (stroke % 2) - 1 
outer_radius = radius + ((stroke + 1) // 2)
ri, ci = draw.circle(100, 100, radius=inner_radius, shape=arr.shape)
ro, co = draw.circle(100, 100, radius=outer_radius, shape=arr.shape)
arr[ro, co] = 1
arr[ri, ci] = 0
plt.imshow(arr)
plt.show()

The two methods yield in fact slightly different results.