rgl (version 0.99.16)

extrude3d: Generate extrusion mesh

Description

Given a two-dimensional polygon, this generates a three-dimensional extrusion of the shape by triangulating the polygon and creating a cylinder with that shape as the end faces.

Usage

extrude3d(x, y = NULL, thickness = 1, smooth = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

x, y

A polygon description in one of the forms supported by triangulate.

thickness

The extrusion will have this thickness.

smooth

logical; should normals be added so that the edges of the extrusion appear smooth?

…

Other parameters to pass to tmesh3d when constructing the mesh.

Value

A mesh object containing a triangulation of the polygon for each face, and quadrilaterals for the sides.

Details

The extrusion is always constructed with the polygon in the xy plane at z = 0 and another copy at z = thickness. Use the transformation functions (e.g. rotate3d) to obtain other orientations and placements.

See Also

polygon3d for a simple polygon, triangulate for the triangulation, turn3d for a solid of rotation.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
x <- c(1:10, 10:1)
y <- rev(c(rep(c(0, 2), 5), rep(c(1.5, -0.5), 5)))
plot(x, y, type = "n")
polygon(x, y)
open3d()
shade3d( extrude3d(x, y), col = "red" )
# }