PLcircseg

by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - PL/Point Lists
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 1.1, Creation date: 2013-07-16, Last change: 2025-09-14

returns a PL for a circle segment

Description

This function is described in chapter 2 of the article collection of Tim Lueth and Franz Irlinger on the automatic construction of 3D printable mechanisms

See Also: PLcircle , PLevolvente , PLgearDIN , PLkidney , PLrand , PLspiral , PLsquare , PLstar

Example Illustration

 missing image of PLcircseg(R,n,phiA,phiB,Ry)

Syntax

PL=PLcircseg(R,[n,phiA,phiB,Ry])

Input Parameter

R: Radius
n: number of auxiliary points
phiA: start angle
phiB: end angle
Ry: Radius in y, default is R

Output Parameter

PL: Point list n * 2 [x y]

Examples

PL=PLcircseg (100,80,-pi/2,+pi);



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