Accession Number:
ADA568612
Title:
Generating Coils in BRL-CAD
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Jan 2009-Mar 2009
Corporate Author:
QUANTUM RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL INC BEL AIR MD
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2012-04-01
Pagination or Media Count:
26.0
Abstract:
Springs, shock absorbers, and other parts found in many modern mechanical systems can be described geometrically using a cylindrical coil. BRL-CAD is able to produce coils using the Constructive Solid Geometry CSG pipe primitive, but manually inserting enough pipe control points needed to create specific individual coils is a time-consuming process. The coil procedural tool automates most of this process by procedurally generating pipe primitives to describe coil shapes defined by high-level dimensional specifications.
Subject Categories:
- Hydraulic and Pneumatic Equipment