GlyphLibrary

Synopsis

Library of assorted glyph modules constructed using V code.

Description

GlyphLibrary contains a large number of glyph modules which represent both 2D and 3D geometries. These modules complement and extend the existing Main.Geometries library. They provide simplified or extended versions of the geometries present in the standard library, and they provide additional geometries which are not present in the standard library.

All of the glyphs in the GlyphLibrary are defined entirely by V code and many of the glyphs contain in-line comments which describe the glyphs and the techniques used to generate the glyphs. If you are interested in creating your own geometries then you may find it useful to read the v files included with this project.

The Glyph Library has been further subdivided into 4 separate libraries; Simple2D, Simple3D, Params2D and Params3D. The first two of these libraries contain simple 2D and 3D glyphs which do not have parameters and are therefore not configurable. The second two libraries contain parameterized 2D and 3D glyphs. These glyphs all have a variety of variables which can be changed to affect the shape or colour of the resulting geometry. The contents of the sub-libraries are listed below:-

GlyphLibrary.Simple2D

mk_arrow : Arrow 2D
mk_diamond : Diamond 2D
mk_square : Square 2D
mk_crossx : CrossX 2D
mk_hexagon : Hexagon 2D
mk_triangle : Triangle 2D
mk_tank : Tank 2D
mk_radar : Radar 2D
mk_plane : Plane 2D, very simple flat shape with 5 triangles
mk_tri_rgb : Triangle with coloured verts
mk_needle : Needle and center dot with coloured verts
mk_smdot : 12-sided circle, with shading
mk_radtics : Radial Tic Lines with coloured verts 12-tris
mk_dashtic : Dash Tic Blocks, RGB node data
mk_dashtext : Labels on dashboard object
mk_house House shape, using mesh mappers
mk_bigsquare Simple large 2D square
mk_wirebox2D Simple wire frame box, made from disjoint lines
mk_eiffel2D Wire frame Eifel Tower
mk_rocket2D Wire frame rocket shape

GlyphLibrary.Simple3D

mk_plane3D : Plane 3D, 7 triangle 3D airplane glyph
mk_ship3d : Ship 3D simple icon to look like a small battle ship
mk_cone3d_rgb : 3D Cone with coloured verts 12-tris, with shading
mk_cone3d_mesh : 3D Cone mesh geometry only
mk_cylinder : 3D Cylinder geometry only, no node data 12-quads
mk_solid_arrow : 3D Solid Arrow geometry only, (cone + cylinder)
mk_avslogo : AVS pyramid logo shape
mk_crystal : Crystal glyph object
mk_cucumber : Cucumber ribbed object
mk_cylinder2 : Partial cylinder object, with closed ends
mk_pipe : Pipe, with open ends
mk_simple_hexprism : Low polygon Hexagonal Stacked Prism
mk_hexprism : Hexagonal Stacked Prism
mk_apple : Apple shape
mk_octahedron : Octahedron 3D (made with tri faces)
mk_hypercube Hyper-Cube 3D (two nested squares)
mk_CubeOctahedron - cube-octahedron dual 3D shape
mk_Tet : Tetrahedon 3D shape made from 4 triangles
mk_TetDual : two intersecting tetrahedrons
mk_TetMulti : several intersecting Tetrahedrons
mk_dodecahedron : Dodecahedron, in 3D
mk_dodec_stellated : Spiky (Stellated) Dodecahedron, in 3D
mk_icosahedron : Icosahedron in 3D
mk_icosa_stellated : Stellated Icosahedron in 3D
mk_torus : 3D Torus (8 segments)
mk_axis_col : Coloured version of axis glyph
mk_arrow3d_simple : solid 3D arrow with minimal geometry

GlyphLibrary.Params2D

mk_arc2d : arc using polar coord unif mesh

GlyphLibrary.Params3D

mk_cube : Cube with quad sides with parametric size controls
mk_cylinder : Cylinder with various controls and UI
mk_wirebox3D : 3D wireframe cube
mk_hyper_cone : 3D Cone Macro - with scalable controls
mk_surf_rev : Surface of revolution
mk_col_surf_rev : Colour coded surface of revolution
mk_snake : irregular deviated surface of revolution
mk_col_snake : coloured irregular deviated surface of revolution

Authors

Ian Curington
Various (Please see V code for details)

Modifications

Andrew Dodd

Contact

International AVS Centre
Manchester Visualization Centre
Manchester Computing
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
United Kingdom
M13 9PL