shapeL, shapeU, shapeO operations

Syntax

• shapeL(frontWidth, leftWidth) { selector operator operations | ... }
• shapeU(frontWidth, rightWidth, leftWidth) { selector operator operations | ... }
• shapeO(frontWidth, rightWidth, backWidth, leftWidth ) { selector operator operations | ... }

Parameters

1. frontWidth—float
   Depth of front wing.
2. leftWidth—float
   Width of left wing.
3. rightWidth—float
   Width of right wing.
4. backWidth—float
   Depth of rear wing.
5. selector—selector
   • shape—The setback polygon(i.e the L,U, or O shape).
   • remainder—Selects the remainder of the polygon.
6. operator—float
   The operator defines how the setback polygons are used to generate successor shapes. This also applies to shapes with more than one faces. Valid operators are:

   • ":" each polygon is put into a new shape.
   • "=" all polygons corresponding to the selector are combined into one new shape.
7. operations—float
   A sequence of shape operations to execute on the newly created shape.

Description

The shapeL, shapeU, shapeO operations select a number of edges, depending on predefined spatial selectors, and set them back by a user-defined distance.

Note:

This operation is another way of applying setbacks. For example

shapeL(frontWidth, leftWidth) { selector operator operations | ... }

can also be achieved with the setback operation and the comp function:

setback( comp(fe) { front=frontWidth | left=leftWidth } ) { selector operator operations | ... }

Geometry tags

The operations automatically apply semantic component tags to the resulting edge components. Refer to the setback operation for more details.

Related

• comp operation
• offset operation
• setback operation
• setbackPerEdge operation
• setbackToArea operation
• comp function

Examples

L-Shapes

A block filled with L-shapes.

attr myFrontDepth = 5
attr myLeftWidth = 11

LotInner -->
   Lot
		
Lot -->
   offset(-3,inside)
   shapeL(myFrontDepth,myLeftWidth) { shape : Footprint | remainder : NIL }
	
Footprint -->
   extrude(rand(10,20)) 
   color(1,0,0)

U-Shapes

A block filled with U-shapes.

attr myFrontDepth = 5
attr myRightWidth = 3
attr myLeftWidth  = 11

LotInner -->
   Lot
		
Lot -->
   offset(-3, inside)
   shapeU(myFrontDepth,myRightWidth,myLeftWidth) { shape     : Footprint 
                                                 | remainder : NIL }
	
Footprint -->
   extrude(rand(10,20)) 
   color(1,0,0)

O-Shapes

A block filled with O-shapes.

attr myFrontDepth = 5
attr myRightWidth = 3
attr myBackDepth  = 2
attr myLeftWidth  = 11

LotInner -->
   Lot
        
Lot -->
   offset( -3, inside)
   shapeO( myFrontDepth, myRightWidth, myBackDepth, myLeftWidth ) 
         { shape : Footprint | remainder : NIL }

Footprint -->
   extrude(rand(10,20)) 
   color(1,0,0)