Global

Members

(constant) TAU

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The TAU property represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its radius. Approximately 6.28318530717958647692

Example
const { TAU } = require('@jscad/modeling').maths.constants

Methods

distanceBetween(a, b) → {Number}

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Calculates the Euclidean distance between two n-dimensional points.

Example
const distance = distanceBetween([0, 0], [0, 10]); // calculate distance between 2D points
console.log(distance); // output 10
Parameters:
Name Type Description
a Array

first operand.
b Array

second operand.
Returns:
  • distance.
Type
Number

lengths(segments, bezier)

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Divides the bezier curve into line segments and returns the cumulative length of those segments as an array. Utility function used to calculate the curve's approximate length and determine the equivalence between arc length and time.

Example
const b = bezier.create([[0, 0], [0, 10]]);
const totalLength = lengths(100, b).pop(); // the last element of the array is the curve's approximate length
Parameters:
Name Type Description
segments Number

the number of segments to use when approximating the curve length.
bezier Object

a bezier curve.
Returns:

an array containing the cumulative length of the segments.

Type Definitions

bezier

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Properties:
Name Type Description
points Array

The control points for the bezier curve. The first and last point will also be the start and end of the curve
pointType string

A reference to the type and dimensionality of the points that the curve was created from
dimensions number

The dimensionality of the bezier
permutations Array

A pre-calculation of the bezier algorithm's co-efficients
tangentPermutations Array

A pre-calculation of the bezier algorithm's tangent co-efficients

Represents a bezier easing function.

Type:
  • Object

geom2

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Properties:
Name Type Description
sides Array

list of sides, each side containing two points
transforms mat4

transforms to apply to the sides, see transform()

Represents a 2D geometry consisting of a list of sides.

Type:
  • Object

geom3

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Properties:
Name Type Description
polygons Array

list of polygons, each polygon containing three or more points
transforms mat4

transforms to apply to the polygons, see transform()

Represents a 3D geometry consisting of a list of polygons.

Type:
  • Object

line2

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Represents a unbounded line in 2D space, positioned at a point of origin. A line is parametrized by a normal vector (perpendicular to the line, rotated 90 degrees counter clockwise) and distance from the origin.

Equation: A Point (P) is on Line (L) if dot(L.normal, P) == L.distance

The contents of the array are a normal [0,1] and a distance [2].

Type:
  • Array

line3

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Represents a unbounded line in 3D space, positioned at a point of origin. A line is parametrized by a point of origin and a directional vector.

The array contents are two 3D vectors; origin [0,0,0] and directional vector [0,0,1].

Type:
  • Array

mat4

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Represents a 4x4 matrix which is column-major (when typed out it looks row-major). See fromValues().

Type:
  • Array

path2

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Properties:
Name Type Description
points Array

list of ordered points
isClosed Boolean

true if the path is closed where start and end points are the same
transforms mat4

transforms to apply to the points, see transform()

Represents a 2D geometry consisting of a list of ordered points.

Type:
  • Object

plane

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Represents a plane in 3D coordinate space as determined by a normal (perpendicular to the plane) and distance from 0,0,0.

The contents of the array are a normal [0,1,2] and a distance [3].

Type:
  • Array

poly2

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Properties:
Name Type Description
vertices Array

list of ordered vertices (2D)

Represents a convex 2D polygon consisting of a list of ordered vertices.

Type:
  • Object

poly3

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Properties:
Name Type Description
vertices Array

list of ordered vertices (3D)

Represents a convex 3D polygon. The vertices used to initialize a polygon must be coplanar and form a convex shape. The vertices do not have to be vec3 instances but they must behave similarly.

Type:
  • Object

slice

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Properties:
Name Type Description
edges Array

list of edges, each edge containing two points (3D)

Represents a 3D geometry consisting of a list of edges.

Type:
  • Object

vec2

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Represents a two dimensional vector. See fromValues().

Type:
  • Array

vec3

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Represents a three dimensional vector. See fromValues().

Type:
  • Array

vec4

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Represents a four dimensional vector. See fromValues().

Type:
  • Array

VectorCharObject

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Properties:
Name Type Description
width Float

character width
height Float

character height (uppercase)
segments Array

character segments [[[x, y], ...], ...]

Represents a character as a list of segments

Type:
  • Object