Method get_critical_point

manim/mobject/mobject.py:2203–2228

Picture a box bounding the :class:`~.Mobject`. Such a box has 9 'critical points': 4 corners, 4 edge center, the center. This returns one of them, along the given direction. :: sample = Arc(start_angle=PI / 7, angle=PI / 5) # These are all equivale

(self, direction: Vector3DLike)

            return np.max(values)

    def get_critical_point(self, direction: Vector3DLike) -> Point3D:
        """Picture a box bounding the :class:`~.Mobject`.  Such a box has
        9 'critical points': 4 corners, 4 edge center, the
        center. This returns one of them, along the given direction.

        ::

            sample = Arc(start_angle=PI / 7, angle=PI / 5)

            # These are all equivalent
            max_y_1 = sample.get_top()[1]
            max_y_2 = sample.get_critical_point(UP)[1]
            max_y_3 = sample.get_extremum_along_dim(dim=1, key=1)

        """
        result = np.zeros(self.dim)
        all_points = self.get_points_defining_boundary()
        if len(all_points) == 0:
            return result
        for dim in range(self.dim):
            result[dim] = self.get_extremum_along_dim(
                all_points,
                dim=dim,
                key=direction[dim],
            )
        return result

    # Pseudonyms for more general get_critical_point method