Macro Geodesic Dome/fr

This macro creates a geodesic dome shell. The dome radius and the frequency parameter will be set at creation time.



QtGui.QDialogButtonBox.Ok)  self.buttonBox.setObjectName("buttonBox")    self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.buttonBox, 2, 1, 1, 1)

self.retranslateUi(Dialog) QtCore.QObject.connect(self.buttonBox, \     QtCore.SIGNAL("accepted"), self.makeSomething) QtCore.QObject.connect(self.buttonBox, \     QtCore.SIGNAL("rejected"), self.makeNothing) QtCore.QMetaObject.connectSlotsByName(Dialog)

def retranslateUi(self, Dialog): Dialog.setWindowTitle(QtGui.QApplication.translate \     ("Dialog", "Geodesic Dome Creator",  \ None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8)) self.label.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate \     ("Dialog", "Dome Radius", None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8)) self.label_2.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate \     ("Dialog", "Frequency Parameter\n(Integer between 1 to 10)", \ None,QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8)) self.label_3.setText(QtGui.QApplication.translate \     ("Dialog", "This Macro creates \na full geodesic dome shell.\nX-Y-symmetry plane \nfor even frequencies", \ None, QtGui.QApplication.UnicodeUTF8))

def makeSomething(self): print "accepted! Dome radius: ", self.lineEdit.property("text"), \ " with Frequency: ", int(self.lineEdit_2.text)

doc=App.activeDocument label = "GeodesicDome"

theDome = doc.addObject("Part::Feature",label) radius = self.lineEdit.property("text") frequency = int(self.lineEdit_2.text) self.dia.close self.makeDome(theDome, radius, frequency) doc.recompute def makeNothing(self): print "rejected!!" self.dia.close

def makeDome(self, obj, domeRad_str, ny): def makeFreqFaces(fPt, sPt, thPt, ny = 1): # makes the geodesic dome faces out of the points of an     # icosahedron triangle b = self.a/ny # length of frequent triangles # definition of direction vectors growVec = (sPt - fPt) # growVec = (fPt - sPt) growVec.multiply(1.0/ny) crossVec = (thPt - sPt) # crossVec = (sPt - thPt) crossVec.multiply(1.0/ny) for k in range(ny): kThirdPt = fPt + growVec * (k+0.0) dThirdPt = Base.Vector(kThirdPt.x, kThirdPt.y, kThirdPt.z)       dThirdPt = dThirdPt.normalize.multiply(domeRad.Value) kSecPt = fPt + growVec * (k+1.0) dSecPt = Base.Vector(kSecPt.x, kSecPt.y, kSecPt.z)       dSecPt = dSecPt.normalize.multiply(domeRad.Value) # thirdEdge = Part.makeLine(kSecPt, kThirdPt) # thirdEdge = Part.makeLine(dSecPt, dThirdPt) for l in range(k+1): firstPt = kSecPt + crossVec *(l+1.0) dFirstPt = firstPt.normalize.multiply(domeRad.Value) secPt = kSecPt + crossVec *(l+0.0) dSecPt =secPt.normalize.multiply(domeRad.Value) thirdPt = kThirdPt + crossVec *(l+0.0) dThirdPt = thirdPt.normalize.multiply(domeRad.Value) #thirdEdge = Part.makeLine(secPt, thirdPt) thirdEdge = Part.makeLine(dSecPt, dThirdPt) # Part.show(thirdEdge) if l > 0: print "in l: ", l, " mod 2: ", l%2 # What to do here? #secEdge = Part.makeLine(oThirdPt,thirdPt) secEdge = Part.makeLine(doThirdPt,dThirdPt) # Part.show(secEdge) #thirdEdge = Part.makeLine(secPt, thirdPt) #thirdEdge = Part.makeLine(dSecPt, dThirdPt) # Part.show(thirdEdge) triWire = Part.Wire([firstEdge, secEdge, thirdEdge]) # Part.show(triWire) triFace = Part.Face(triWire) self.domeFaces.append(triFace) #Part.show(triFace) oThirdPt = thirdPt doThirdPt = oThirdPt.normalize.multiply(domeRad.Value) # oFirstPt = firstPt #firstEdge = Part.makeLine(thirdPt,firstPt) firstEdge = Part.makeLine(dThirdPt,dFirstPt) oFirstEdge = firstEdge #secEdge = Part.makeLine(firstPt,secPt) secEdge = Part.makeLine(dFirstPt,dSecPt) #Part.show(firstEdge) #Part.show(secEdge) #Part.show(thirdEdge) triWire = Part.Wire([firstEdge, secEdge, thirdEdge]) triFace = Part.Face(triWire) self.domeFaces.append(triFace) #Part.show(triFace) domeRad = FreeCAD.Units.Quantity(domeRad_str) # self.a = Strutlength of underlying icosahedron: self.a=(4.0*domeRad.Value)/math.sqrt(2.0*math.sqrt(5.0)+10.0) # icoAngle: angle of vertices of icosahedron points # not a north or south pole self.icoAngle = math.atan(0.5) self.icoLat = domeRad.Value * math.sin(self.icoAngle) self.latRad = domeRad.Value * math.cos(self.icoAngle) self.ang36 = math.radians(36.0) # Calculation all points of the icosahedron self.icoPts = [] self.icoPts.append(Base.Vector(0.0, 0.0, domeRad.Value)) for i in range(10): self.icoCos = self.latRad * math.cos(i*self.ang36) self.icoSin = self.latRad * math.sin(i*self.ang36) if i%2 == 0: self.icoPts.append(Base.Vector(self.icoSin, self.icoCos, self.icoLat)) else: self.icoPts.append(Base.Vector(self.icoSin, self.icoCos, -self.icoLat)) self.icoPts.append(Base.Vector(0.0, 0.0, -domeRad.Value)) # making the faces of the icosahedron self.icoFaces = [] # collects faces of the underlying icosahedron self.domeFaces = [] # collects the faces of the geodesic dome thirdPt = self.icoPts[9] thirdEdge = Part.makeLine(self.icoPts[0],thirdPt) for i in range(5): j = i*2+1 firstEdge = Part.makeLine(thirdPt,self.icoPts[j]) secEdge = Part.makeLine(self.icoPts[j],self.icoPts[0]) triWire = Part.Wire([firstEdge, secEdge, thirdEdge]) triFace = Part.Face(triWire) self.icoFaces.append(triFace) # Part.show(triFace) makeFreqFaces(self.icoPts[j], self.icoPts[0], thirdPt, ny) thirdEdge = Part.makeLine(self.icoPts[0],self.icoPts[j]) thirdPt = self.icoPts[j] thirdPt = self.icoPts[9] secPt = self.icoPts[10] thirdEdge = Part.makeLine(secPt,thirdPt) for i in range(10): j = i+1 firstEdge = Part.makeLine(thirdPt,self.icoPts[j]) secEdge = Part.makeLine(self.icoPts[j],secPt) triWire = Part.Wire([firstEdge, secEdge, thirdEdge]) triFace = Part.Face(triWire) self.icoFaces.append(triFace) #Part.show(triFace) makeFreqFaces(self.icoPts[j], secPt, thirdPt, ny) thirdPt = secPt secPt = self.icoPts[j] thirdEdge = Part.makeLine(secPt,thirdPt) thirdPt = self.icoPts[10] thirdEdge = Part.makeLine(self.icoPts[11],thirdPt) for i in range(5): j = i*2+2 firstEdge = Part.makeLine(thirdPt,self.icoPts[j]) secEdge = Part.makeLine(self.icoPts[j],self.icoPts[11]) triWire = Part.Wire([firstEdge, secEdge, thirdEdge]) triFace = Part.Face(triWire) self.icoFaces.append(triFace) #Part.show(triFace) makeFreqFaces(self.icoPts[j], self.icoPts[11], thirdPt, ny) thirdEdge = Part.makeLine(self.icoPts[11],self.icoPts[j]) thirdPt = self.icoPts[j] # Shell of a corresponding icosahedron newShell = Part.Shell(self.icoFaces) #Part.show(newShell) # Shell of the geodesic dome #self.domeShell = Part.Shell(self.domeFaces) #Part.show(self.domeShell) obj.Shape = Part.Shell(self.domeFaces) # Shere with radius of geodesic dome for debugging purposes testSphere = Part.makeSphere(domeRad.Value) #Part.show(testSphere)

d = QtGui.QWidget d.ui = Ui_Dialog d.ui.setupUi(d) d.ui.lineEdit_2.setText("2") d.ui.lineEdit.setProperty("text", "2 m")

d.show