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I'm working on a project that requires passing 6 values to a module, and those 6 values must be passed on to another module, then those same values must be passed on to 18 more modules.
I just figure that a global variable that is assignable at run time would simplify things a lot. If that can't be done, does anyone have an idea about how best to implement something like it? Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ OpenSCAD mailing list To unsubscribe send an email to [hidden email] |
There is no "run time" as it is a description, not an executable program, so I don't understand what you mean. You can set a global constant and use it in all functions and modules defined in the same file. If you prefix it with $ then it will also be seen by all functions and modules called from the file it is defined in. If you are passing a lot of variables around perhaps it is better to put them in a list and just pass that. For example when I define something like a parametric box I put the properties in a list and pass it to all functions and modules that draw the box. On Sat, 8 May 2021 at 16:48, lar3ry <[hidden email]> wrote: I'm working on a project that requires passing 6 values to a module, and those 6 values must be passed on to another module, then those same values must be passed on to 18 more modules. _______________________________________________ OpenSCAD mailing list To unsubscribe send an email to [hidden email] |
Alternatively, you can create a module that contains a function that returns your six values. For example, put: function mySixValues() = [ 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 ]; ...in a file called myGlobalValues.scad Then, in each module that needs those value, put: //******************************* use <myGlobalValues.scad>; myValues = mySixValues(); echo( myValues ); On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 11:09 AM nop head <[hidden email]> wrote:
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OK. I really didn't think it could be done, but thought I'd ask anyway.
So I decided to pass the variables as a list, and that's acceptable. However, I have a problem, related to the whole "variables aren't" thing. When I test for a valid formula, I can detect whether or not it's valid, but I can't figure out how to pass it out of the for, so I can check for it in the assert(), and use it in the call to calc(formula,given); Is there some way I can store the true or false externally to the for loop, so I can fetch it later? Or is there perhaps some way I can break out of the for loop if I find a match? valid_formula = ([13,23,43,15,25,45,16,26,46,31,32, 34,51,52,54,61,62,64,71,72,74]); triangle (20,30,0,50,0,0); //generates formula 64 module triangle(A,B,C,a,b,c) { given = [A,B,C,a,b,c]; angflag = ((A>0 ? 4 :0) + (B>0 ? 2 :0) + (C>0 ? 1 :0)) * 10; sideflag = ((a>0 ? 4 :0) + (b>0 ? 2 :0) + (c>0 ? 1 :0)); formula = angflag+sideflag; for (f = [0:20]) { if (formula == valid_formula[f]) { echo ("formula: ", formula, " is valid"); } } // assert(valid==true, "Invalid input. Must have 2 angles and 1 side, two sides and 1 angle, or three angles and 1 side"); echo (given); // Note that in we only need to solve for side b and side c because once we have those, we can simply close the path // calc(formula,given); }
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Hmmm... and how would I go about saving the values in a separate file?
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You just want to know if formula is in the list valid_formula? Why not use search?
Something like search([formula], valid_formula)[0] != []. Might double check syntax, or use BOSL2 in_list() instead to avoid idiotic search() syntax. If you really wanted to do it your way (or if the conditional was something else): match = [for(f=valid_formula) if (f==formula) f]; assert(match != []);
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Ahh. Never have used search. That will do it, but... That sounds even better. Thanks Adrian! oops. forgot to send this. As you might surmise by my code snippet, I am trying to make an OpenSCAD library that will solve triangle's sides and angles, given three pieces of data. One angle and two sides, or two angles and one side. I ended up using BOSL2 to error check before passing the given data to a formula. Not knowing anything about trig, I am using the triangle calculator at http://cossincalc.com/ After putting in values of C=50, b=30, and c=60, I got a triangle annotated with angles and sides. Scrolling down a bit to the Formulae section, and looking at the formula used to calculate B, I run into my first trouble. What the heck does the '-1' in that formula mean? Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ OpenSCAD mailing list To unsubscribe send an email to [hidden email] |
If you mean sin to the -1 it means arcsine, which is asin() in openscad. I.e. the inverse of sin. On Sun, 9 May 2021 at 05:11, lar3ry <[hidden email]> wrote: Ahh. Never have used search. That will do it, but... _______________________________________________ OpenSCAD mailing list To unsubscribe send an email to [hidden email] |
Thanks! Got another problem with a formula. Here's a snippet
if (formula==43) { A=given[0]; // 30 b=given[4]; // 25 c=given[5]; // 40 a =sqr(b^2 + c^2 - 2 * b * c * cos(A)); echo ("line 56 ",A,B,C,a,b,c); and the result of the echo is: ECHO: "line 56 ", 30, 0, 0, 242999, 25, 40 The answer should be 22.20 according to the http://cossincalc.com site. nophead wrote If you mean sin to the -1 it means arcsine, which is asin() in openscad. I.e. the inverse of sin. > What the heck does the '-1' in that formula mean? Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ OpenSCAD mailing list To unsubscribe send an email to [hidden email] |
A= 30; works, I guess a given value is wrong.
On 10/05/2021 22:20, lar3ry wrote:
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The square root function is sqrt(). You've got sqr().
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Hmm...
A= 30; b= 25; c= 40; a =sqr(b^2 + c^2 - 2 * b * c * cos(A)); echo ("line 56 ",A,B,C,a,b,c); ECHO: "line 56 ", 30, 0, 0, 242999, 25, 40 This is with OpenSCAD version 2021.04.21.ai7788 (git d9d4a9757) Exactly the same result with OpenSCAD version 2019.05 A= 30; b= 25; c= 40; a =sqr((b*b) + (c*c) - 2 * b * c * cos(A)); echo ("line 56 ",A,B,C,a,b,c); ECHO: "line 56 ", 30, 0, 0, 242999, 25, 40 I am unable to test with 2021.01 because on the OpenSCAD download page, sudo apt-get install openscad gives me 2019.05
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That loud sound you just heard was my hand slapping my forehead!
Thanks Len!
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