Point, vector, helper functions.

ZenCad has some math helpers and functions for working with them.

Point

Some ZenCad functions use points or point arrays as parameters. You can use the point3 function to create a point object. In addition, often a function can itself form points from a list or a tuple of coordinates.

point3(0,3,6)

#Equivalent calls
interpolate([point3(0,0,0), point3(0,0,10), point3(10,0,10)])
interpolate([(0,0,0), (0,0,10), (10,0,10)])
interpolate(points([(0,0,0), (0,0,10), (10,0,10)]))

A point can be displayed with the display function as the corresponding vertex for such a point.

Vector

Sometimes, in addition to specifying points, vector objects are used to indicate directions. The principle of working with vectors is similar to working with points.

vector3(1,2,3)

interpolate(pnts=[(0,0,0), (0,0,10), (10,0,10)], tangs=[(0,0,1), (1,0,0), (0,1,0)])

The vector cannot be displayed directly. Unlike a point, a vector ignores translation during transformations.

Point and vector arrays

The vectors and points functions explicitly create arrays of points from arrays of coordinates. points2 creates a two-dimensional array of points from a two-dimensional list.

points([(0,0,0), (0,0,10), (10,0,10)])
vectors([(0,0,1), (1,0,0), (0,1,0)])

points2([
[(0,0,0), (0,0,10), (10,0,10)],
[(1,6,0), (0,5,10), (10,5,10)]
])

Incremental array of points

Creates an array of points based on offsets.

points_incremental([(0,2,0), (0,0,10), (5,0,0), (5,0,0)])
# Создаёт масив точек:
# (0,2,0)
# (0,2,10)
# (5,2,10)
# (10,2,10)

Operations on points and vectors

Points and vectors can be used in mathematical operations according to the rules of linear algebra.

pnt - pnt -> vec
pnt + vec -> pnt
vec + vec -> vec
vec - vec -> vec

Empty primitive. nullshape

Empty primitive. Can participate in boolean operations.

An example of use in a loop:

it = nullshape()
for i in range(7):
it = it + box(20).translate(10*i,10*i,10*i)

#alternate: union([box(20).translate(10*i,10*i,10*i) for i in range(7)])

Conversion of angular values. Radians and degrees

The zencad API uses radians to define angles. Using degrees requires scaling a numerical factor. This is exactly what the deg function does (synonymous with deg2rad): deg (180) matches math.pi.

The reverse conversion is performed by the rad2deg function.

Сигнатуры:

# Convert degrees to radians:
def deg2rad(grad)
def deg(grad)

# Convert radians to degrees:
def rad2deg(rad)

Function code deg2rad, rad2deg:

def deg2rad(grad):
return float(grad) / 180.0 * math.pi

def rad2deg(rad):
return float(rad) * 180.0 / math.pi

Example:

rotateZ(deg(45))

Register font

register_font(fontpath)