Sphere primitive

[nt3d] / nt3d.js

diff --git a/nt3d.js b/nt3d.js
index 239b03c214afed2d58de96070d8a5982870be677..28766983fe33341b262ee572f4a09fc01d917d4c 100644 (file)
--- a/nt3d.js
+++ b/nt3d.js
@@ -62,6 +62,27 @@ nt3d = {
                return this.closed_trianglefan([apex].concat(base)).concat(
                       this.trianglefan(base.reverse()));
        },
+       sphere: function(center, radius, latitude_steps, longitude_steps) {
+               return this.oriented_sphere(center, radius, [0,0,1], [1,0,0], latitude_steps, longitude_steps);
+       },
+       oriented_sphere: function(center, radius, north, greenwich, latitude_steps, longitude_steps) {
+               var unit_north = this.unit(north);
+               var north_pole = this.translate_point(this.scale(unit_north,  radius), center);
+               var south_pole = this.translate_point(this.scale(unit_north, -radius), center);
+               return this.spheroid(north_pole, south_pole, radius, greenwich, latitude_steps, longitude_steps);
+       },
+       spheroid: function(north_pole, south_pole, radius, greenwich, latitude_steps, longitude_steps) {
+               var delta = this.sub(north_pole, south_pole);
+               var path = [];
+               for (var i = 0; i < latitude_steps-1; i++) {
+                       path.push(this.translate_point(south_pole, this.scale(delta, (1-Math.cos(Math.PI*i/(latitude_steps-1)))/2)));
+               }
+               path.push(north_pole);
+               function shape(i) {
+                       return nt3d.circle(radius*Math.sin(Math.PI*i/(latitude_steps-1)), longitude_steps);
+               }
+               return this.extrude(path, shape, delta, greenwich);
+       },
        shapenormals_from_closed_path: function(path) {
                return function(i) {
                        var prev = (i == 0) ? path.length-1 : i-1;