pattern:compose
List of: Scheme Extensions
Subjects: Patterns
Contents: Kernel

Action: Creates a new pattern by composing two existing ones.

Filename: kern/kern_scm/pattern_scm.cxx

Syntax: (pattern:compose pat1 pat2)

Arg Types: pat1 pattern

pat2 pattern

Returns: pattern


pat1 and pat2 specifies the pattern.

Example: ; pattern:compose

; make a prism

(define height 1)

;; height

(define maj_rad 1)

;; maj_rad

(define min_rad 0.5)

;; min_rad

(define num_sides 3)

;; num_sides

(define prism (solid:prism height


maj_rad min_rad num_sides))

;; prism

; position the prism

(define origin (position 1 2 3))

;; origin

(define transform (entity:transform prism


(transform:axes


origin (gvector 1 0 0) (gvector 0 1 0))))

;; transform

; make a pattern

(define x-vec (gvector 2 0 0))

;; x-vec

(define num_x 4)

;; num_x

(define y-vec (gvector 1 3 0))

;; y-vec

(define num_y 5)

;; num_y

(define pat1


(pattern:linear x-vec num_x y-vec num_y))

;; pat1

; make another pattern

(set! x-vec (gvector 20 0 0))

;; #[gvector 2 0 0]

(set! num_x 3)

;; 4

(set! y-vec (gvector 10 30 0))

;; #[gvector 1 3 0]

(set! num_y 2)

;; 5

(define pat2


(pattern:linear x-vec num_x y-vec num_y))

;; pat2

; compose the two patterns

(define pat (pattern:compose pat1 pat2))

;; pat

; apply the pattern to the prism

(define body (entity:pattern prism pat))

;; body
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