Re: VPython 5.50: the extrusion object
C Anthony Risinger <[email protected]>
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On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Bruce Sherwood <[email protected]> wrote: > At vpython.org are installers for VPython 5.50 which include a > powerful new "extrusion" object developed by Kadir Haldenbilen and me. > The basic idea is that you prepare a 2D shape which you then extrude > along a path that is like the pos attribute of a curve object: > > extrusion(pos=...., shape=....) > > Libraries of common shapes and paths are provided (rectangle, circle, > arc, star, etc.). Included are tools for creating complex gears, and > shapes made from text. nice work, this is an incredibly useful addition. seems like you could almost crack out a full scale solid modeling app using vpython at this point ... anyways great job; though i don't get to play with it as much as i'd like currently, visual continuous to be one of my favorite projects. C Anthony ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb