/** *

In this example a 2D polygon profile is being swept along a * 3D spline path and aligned to the path direction using quaternions. * The example demonstrates both the usage of the alignment quaternion * in combination with a 4x4 transformation matrix, as well as the use * of the toAxisAngle() method to compute a rotation axis from a quat. *

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Usage:

*/ /* * Copyright (c) 2011 Karsten Schmidt * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/LGPL/2.1/ * * This library 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 * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ import toxi.geom.*; import toxi.geom.mesh.*; import toxi.processing.*; ToxiclibsSupport gfx; Polygon2D profile=new Circle(40).toPolygon2D(60); List path; ArrayList tubeVertices=new ArrayList(); int pathID=0; boolean doRenderPoints; void setup() { size(680,382,P3D); gfx=new ToxiclibsSupport(this); // compute spiral key points (every 45 degrees) ArrayList points = new ArrayList(); for (float theta=-TWO_PI, r=100; theta<8*TWO_PI; theta+=QUARTER_PI) { Vec3D p=Vec3D.fromXYTheta(theta).scale(r).add(200,0,0).rotateY(theta/9); points.add(p); } // use points to compute a spline and sample at regular interval Spline3D s=new Spline3D(points); s.computeVertices(10); path=s.getDecimatedVertices(4); } void draw() { background(51); lights(); translate(width / 2, height / 2, 0); rotateX(mouseY * 0.01f); rotateY(mouseX * 0.01f); noStroke(); gfx.origin(300); stroke(255,0,255); gfx.lineStrip3D(path); if (pathID