taperable-helix 0.6.1

Generate helixes that can optionally taper to a point at each end.

Taperable Helix

Generate helixes that can optionally taper to a point at each end.

• GitHub repo: https://github.com/winksaville/py-taperable-helix/

• Documentation: https://taperable-helix.readthedocs.io/

• PyPi package: https://pypi.org/project/taperable-helix/

• Free software: MIT license

Package Docs

• docs: https://taperable-helix.readthedocs.io/en/latest/taperable_helix.html

• source: helix.py

def helix(
    radius: float,
    pitch: float,
    height: float,
    taper_rpos: float = 0,
    inset_offset: float = 0,
    horz_offset: float = 0,
    vert_offset: float = 0,
    first_t: float = 0,
    last_t: float = 1,
) -> Callable[[float], Tuple[float, float, float]]:
    ...

Examples

• helical_line.py

def helical_line(
    radius: float = 5, pitch: float = 2, height: float = 6, num_points: int = 100
) -> List[Tuple[float, float, float]]:
    f = helix(radius, pitch, height)
    points = list(map(f, linspace(start=0, stop=1, num=num_points, dtype=float)))
    # print(f"helical_line: points={points}")
    return points

• helical_tri.py

def helical_triangle(
    radius: float = 1,
    pitch: float = 2,
    height: float = 4,
    num_points: int = 100,
    tri_height: float = 0.2,
    tri_width: float = 0.2,
) -> Tuple[
    List[Tuple[float, float, float]],
    List[Tuple[float, float, float]],
    List[Tuple[float, float, float]],
]:
    taper_out_rpos = 0.1
    taper_in_rpos = 0.9
    first_t = 0
    last_t = 1

    # Create three helixes that taper to a point
    fU = helix(radius, pitch, height, taper_out_rpos=taper_out_rpos, taper_in_rpos=taper_in_rpos, vert_offset=tri_height / 2)
    points_fU = list(map(fU, linspace(first_t, last_t, num=100, dtype=float)))

    fM = helix(radius, pitch, height, taper_out_rpos=taper_out_rpos, taper_in_rpos=taper_in_rpos, horz_offset=tri_width)
    points_fM = list(map(fM, linspace(first_t, last_t, num=100, dtype=float)))

    fL = helix(
        radius, pitch, height, taper_out_rpos=taper_out_rpos, taper_in_rpos=taper_in_rpos, vert_offset=-tri_height / 2
    )
    points_fL = list(map(fL, linspace(first_t, last_t, num=100, dtype=float)))
    return (points_fU, points_fM, points_fL)

Prerequisites

Using

• python >= 3.7

Development and Examples

• sphinx

• plotly

  • numpy

  • panda

  • python-kaleido

Credits

This code originated from a post by Adam Urbanczyk to the CadQuery forum and this package was created with Cookiecutter and the audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage project template.

History

0.1.0 (2020-08-31)

• First release on PyPI.