topic Re: Can I merge my cprism_{4}'s? in Libraries & objects

Can I merge my cprism_{4}'s?

JGoode — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:45:06 GMT

Hi,

I have created a hatch in 3D using for i=1 to and cprisms...

Is there anyway that I can get them to merge so that their lines in a project2 are continuous and don't create diamonds at each crossing point?

	for i=1 to 40
		cprism_{4} mat_hatching, mat_hatching, mat_hatching, 7,
				5,          line_height,
				          0,            0,            0,     15, mat_hatching,
					10,            0,            0,     15, mat_hatching,
					 10,          hatching_width,            0,     15, mat_hatching,
					   0,          hatching_width,            0,     15, mat_hatching,
				           0,            0,            0,     -1, mat_hatching

		addy hatching_space
		next i
						
		DEL 40
		DEL 2

		addy 10
		rotz -45

		for i=1 to 40
		cprism_{4} mat_hatching, mat_hatching, mat_hatching, 7,
				5,          line_height,
						  0,            0,            0,     15, mat_hatching,
						10,            0,            0,     15, mat_hatching,
						10,          hatching_width,            0,     15, mat_hatching,
						  0,          hatching_width,            0,     15, mat_hatching,
						  0,            0,            0,     -1, mat_hatching
		addy -hatching_space
		next i

Thanks

Re: Can I merge my cprism_{4}'s?

Lingwisyer — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 01:45:42 GMT

Could you take your cprism out of the loop and put it into a GROUP. Then within your loop, have:

shape[i+1] = ADDGROUP ( shape_cprism, shape )

Then after your loop have:

PLACEGROUP shape
FOR ii = 1 to 40
KILLGROUP shape[ii]
NEXT ii

Ling.

Re: Can I merge my cprism_{4}'s?

Barry Kelly — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 01:53:49 GMT

Or instead of placing the prism slats, place one big slab and then cut holes from it using your loop.

Barry.

Re: Can I merge my cprism_{4}'s?

JGoode — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 08:42:53 GMT

Lingwisyer wrote:
Could you take your cprism out of the loop and put it into a GROUP. Then within your loop, have:
shape[i+1] = ADDGROUP ( shape_cprism, shape )
Then after your loop have:
PLACEGROUP shape
FOR ii = 1 to 40
KILLGROUP shape[ii]
NEXT ii

I tried this but I get a "Group name or group expression required at line..." error.

This is my code:

		group "shape_cprism1"
			cprism_{4} mat_hatching, mat_hatching, mat_hatching, 7,
					5,          line_height,
						   0,            0,            0,     15, mat_hatching,
						 10,            0,            0,     15, mat_hatching,
						 10,          hatching_width,            0,     15, mat_hatching,
						   0,          hatching_width,            0,     15, mat_hatching,
						   0,            0,            0,     -1, mat_hatching
		        endgroup

			dim shape[]
						
			for i=1 to 40
				shape[i+1] = ADDGROUP (shape_cprism1, shape)
				addy hatching_space
			next i
						
			DEL 40
			DEL 2

			PLACEGROUP shape
			for ii=1 to 40
			KILLGROUP shape[ii]
			next ii

Re: Can I merge my cprism_{4}'s?

Lingwisyer — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:23:47 GMT

Oh, that is due to bad syntax in the SOE. Groups need to be defined in "..." or be a variable. My bad... Not sure how to work that with an array though...

Ling.