pattern:restore-element
List of: Scheme Extensions
Subjects: Patterns
Contents: Kernel

Action: Restores the element specified by coords to an existing pattern.

Filename: kern/kern_scm/pattern_scm.cxx

Syntax: (pattern:restore-element pat coords)

Arg Types: pat pattern

coords pair

Returns: pattern

Description: Restores the element specified by coords to an existing pattern.


pat specifies a pattern.


coords identify the element to be restored.

Example: ; pattern:restore-element

; 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

; position the prism

(define origin (position 1 2 3))

;; origin

(define transform2 (entity:transform prism


(transform:axes


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

;; transform2

; make a pattern

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

;; x-vec

(define num_x 4)

;; num_x

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

;; y-vec

(define num_y 4)

;; num_y

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

;; pat

; apply a keep law to the pattern

(define keep (law "X + Y < 4"))

;; keep

(set! pat (pattern:keep pat keep))

;; #[pattern

;; trans-vec: "DOMAIN(X*VEC(2,0,0)+X2*VEC

;; (0,2,0),0,3,0,3)"

;; x-vec: "null_law"

;; y-vec: "null_law"

;; z-vec: "null_law"

;; scale: "null_law"

;; keep: "null_law"

;; no list]

; restore the corner element removed by the keep law

(set! pat (pattern:restore-element pat (list 3 3)))

;; #[pattern

;; trans-vec: "DOMAIN(X*VEC(2,0,0)+X2*VEC

;; (0,2,0),0,3,0,3)"

;; x-vec: "null_law"

;; y-vec: "null_law"

;; z-vec: "null_law"

;; scale: "null_law"

;; keep: "X+Y<4"

;; [list]]

; apply the pattern to the prism

(define body (entity:pattern prism pat))

;; body
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