Thread: GDI - Issue while drawing Arc

Hello,
I am trying to make, Arc, Using GDI. There is a problem that I am facing while rendering Arc for the angles life, 90 to 91, 180 to 181, 270 to 271. Following is the code and output snapshot.

//CODE SEGMENT

...

// Create a geometric pen.

LOGBRUSH logBrush;
logBrush.lbStyle = BS_SOLID;
logBrush.lbColor = RGB(0,0,0);
CPen myPen2(PS_SOLID|PS_GEOMETRIC|PS_ENDCAP_SQUARE |PS_JOIN_MITER, 50, &logBrush);
pDC->SelectObject(&myPen2);

// First arc of 270 degree
pDC->Arc(100,100,300,300,200,100,100,200);//at angle 270

// second arc of 90 degree
pDC->MoveTo(450,400);
pDC->AngleArc(450, 400, 150, 0.0f, 90.0f);

...


Here is the output :





THIS OUTPUT IS CORRECT ... Follow the below small step to get the unexpected behaviour.

and when I change the angle the output is wiered. Check by changing the last parameter of first arc to 202 instead of 200. And change the angle, of second arc to 91.0f, to see the problem.
this is only happening for angles like, 91, 181, 271. I am not sure how this is happening, may be some quadrant related calculations are causing this. :S
Can anybody tell me how I can fix this issue ? Is this related to joints ? can you guide me what exactly is SetMiterLimit(...) does ?
Is this is API issue ?
Thanks in advance.
NJ

here is the output after making the change to the angle as 91.0f degree.

I have used the pen as PS_ENDCAP_SQUARE and joint as PS_JOIN_MITER. Yes I am taking about the crack that appears, also the circular/rounded end, which should not come as my end cap I am setting to Square. Also, I noticed that, even if I code the angle as 91. the expected drawing should go beyond 90 degres, which in my case will be a little more towards, left hand side. but that does not happen.

thanks for the response. I don't want you to code it so gave both the pics. before and after the modifications

Again, thanks for the reply, looking forward to solve this ASAP. Will try and update
Happy coding.

Thanks,
NJ