started working on bezier extrusion, slightly updated dogear flopness

bezierExtrusion.scad

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+module section(points){
+    //points[0] must have its points ordered clockwise
+    assert(len(points) == 2, "section is formed between exactly two polygons");
+    assert(len(points[0]) == len(points[1]), "polygons need to have the same number of vertices");
+    assert(len(points[0])>2, "polygons need to have at least 3 sides");
+    n = len(points[0]);
+    points_new = concat(points[0], points[1]);
+    faces = concat([[for(i = [0 : 1 : n-1]) i]], concat([[for(i = [1 : n]) (2*n)-i]], concat(
+       [for(i = [0 : n-2]) [i+1, i, n+i, n+i+1]], [[0,n-1,(2*n)-1,n]])));
+    polyhedron(points = points_new, faces = faces, convexity = 10); 
+}
+
+module extrusion(points){
+    assert(len(points)>1, "extrusion is formed between at least two polygons");
+       for(i = [0 : len(points)-2]) section([points[i],points[i+1]]);
+}
+
+module bezier_extrude(ctrl, shape, steps = 512){
+    B_0 = ctrl[0];
+    B_1 = 3*((-1)*ctrl[0] + ctrl[1]);
+    B_2 = 3*(ctrl[0] - 2*ctrl[1] + ctrl[2]);
+    B_3 = (-1)*ctrl[0] + 3*(ctrl[1] - ctrl[2]) + ctrl[3];
+    function bezier(t) = B_0 + t*B_1 + (t^2)*B_2 + (t^3)*B_3;  
+    
+    Bd_0 = 3*((-1)*ctrl[0] + ctrl[1]);
+    Bd_1 = 6*(ctrl[0] - 2*ctrl[1] + ctrl[2]);
+    Bd_2 = 3*((-1)*ctrl[0] + 3*(ctrl[1] - ctrl[2]) + ctrl[3]);
+    Bn_0 = [Bd_0.y,-Bd_0.x];
+    Bn_1 = [Bd_1.y,-Bd_1.x];
+    Bn_2 = [Bd_2.y,-Bd_2.x];
+    function normal(t) = Bn_0 + t*Bn_1 + (t^2)*Bn_2;
+    
+    slices = [for(i = [0 : steps]) let (t = i/steps, p = bezier(t), normal = normal(t), n = normal/norm(normal))  [for (v = shape) [p.x+(n.x * v.x),p.y+(n.y * v.x), v.y]]];
+    extrusion(slices);
+}
+
+shape = [[0,0.5],[0.8,0],[-0.5,-1],[-0.8,0]];
+ctrl = [[0,0],[0,10],[10,0],[10,10]];
+bezier_extrude(ctrl = ctrl, shape = shape);
+
+//extrusion([[[0,0,0],[0,1,0],[0,1,1],[0,0,1]],[[1,0,0],[1,1,0],[1,1,1],[1,0,1]],[[2,0,1],[2,1,1],[2,1,2],[2,0,2]]]);

dogear.scad

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ module dogear(flopness){
                 dogearAllOptions(a1, a2, a3, a4);
             }
             else{
-                if(flopness == "nflop"){
+                if(flopness == "lflop"){
                     a1 = 15;
                     a2 = 15;
                     a3 = 15;