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- ." GLE Tubing & Extrusions Library Documentation
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- .TH gleSpiral 3GLE "3.6" "GLE" "GLE"
- .SH NAME
- gleSpiral - Sweep an arbitrary contour along a helical path.
- .SH SYNTAX
- .nf
- .LP
- void gleSpiral (int ncp,
- gleDouble contour[][2],
- gleDouble cont_normal[][2],
- gleDouble up[3],
- gleDouble startRadius, /* spiral starts in x-y plane */
- gleDouble drdTheta, /* change in radius per revolution */
- gleDouble startZ, /* starting z value */
- gleDouble dzdTheta, /* change in Z per revolution */
- gleDouble startXform[2][3], /* starting contour affine xform */
- gleDouble dXformdTheta[2][3], /* tangent change xform per revoln */
- gleDouble startTheta, /* start angle in x-y plane */
- gleDouble sweepTheta); /* degrees to spiral around */
- .fi
- .SH ARGUMENTS
- .IP fIncpfP 1i
- number of contour points
- .IP fIcontourfP 1i
- 2D contour
- .IP fIcont_normalfP 1i
- 2D contour normals
- .IP fIupfP 1i
- up vector for contour
- .IP fIstartRadiusfP 1i
- spiral starts in x-y plane
- .IP fIdrdThetafP 1i
- change in radius per revolution
- .IP fIstartZfP 1i
- starting z value
- .IP fIdzdThetafP 1i
- change in Z per revolution
- .IP fIstartXformfP 1i
- starting contour affine transformation
- .IP fIdXformdThetafP 1i
- tangent change xform per revolution
- .IP fIstartThetafP 1i
- start angle in x-y plane
- .IP fIsweepThetafP 1i
- degrees to spiral around
- .SH DESCRIPTION
-
- Sweep an arbitrary contour along a helical path.
-
- The axis of the helix lies along the modeling coordinate z-axis.
-
- An affine transform can be applied as the contour is swept. For most
- ordinary usage, the affines should be given as NULL.
-
- The "startXform[][]" is an affine matrix applied to the contour to
- deform the contour. Thus, "startXform" of the form
-
- | cos sin 0 |
- | -sin cos 0 |
-
- will rotate the contour (in the plane of the contour), while
-
- | 1 0 tx |
- | 0 1 ty |
-
- will translate the contour, and
-
- | sx 0 0 |
- | 0 sy 0 |
-
- scales along the two axes of the contour. In particular, note that
-
- | 1 0 0 |
- | 0 1 0 |
-
- is the identity matrix.
-
- The "dXformdTheta[][]" is a differential affine matrix that is
- integrated while the contour is extruded. Note that this affine matrix
- lives in the tangent space, and so it should have the form of a
- generator. Thus, dx/dt's of the form
-
- | 0 r 0 |
- | -r 0 0 |
-
- rotate the the contour as it is extruded (r == 0 implies no rotation, r
- == 2*PI implies that the contour is rotated once, etc.), while
-
- | 0 0 tx |
- | 0 0 ty |
-
- translates the contour, and
-
- | sx 0 0 |
- | 0 sy 0 |
-
- scales it. In particular, note that
-
- | 0 0 0 |
- | 0 0 0 |
-
- is the identity matrix -- i.e. the derivatives are zero, and therefore
- the integral is a constant.
-
- .SH SEE ALSO
- gleLathe
- .SH AUTHOR
- Linas Vepstas (linas@fc.net)