NopSCADlib/tests/catenary.scad

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OpenSCAD

//
// NopSCADlib Copyright Chris Palmer 2020
// nop.head@gmail.com
// hydraraptor.blogspot.com
//
// This file is part of NopSCADlib.
//
// NopSCADlib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
// GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
// the License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
// NopSCADlib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
// without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
// See the GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with NopSCADlib.
// If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
//
l = 250; // [1: 1000]
x = 200; // [1: 1000]
y = 50; //[-500 : 500]
include <../utils/core/core.scad>
use <../utils/catenary.scad>
use <../utils/sweep.scad>
use <../utils/annotation.scad>
module catenaries() {
//
// catenary curve path from control points
//
curve = [for(p = catenary_points(l, x, y)) [p.x, p.y, 0]];
//
// Draw the curve
//
r = 0.5;
sweep(curve, circle_points(r, $fn = 64));
//
// Minimum Z
//
min_z = catenary_points(l, x, y, 0);
color("blue") {
translate([min_z.x, min_z.y + r])
rotate([-90, 0, 0])
arrow();
translate([min_z.x, min_z.y - r])
rotate([90, 0, 0])
arrow();
}
}
if($preview)
rotate(is_undef($bom) ? 0 : [70, 0, 315])
catenaries();