BRepAdaptor_CompCurve::D1() parameter distribution??

[mfro]

In this Post I was suggesting to extend the "Map Parameter" attachment (that only allows single curves right now) to also allow Wires (I have shown an animation in that post to show why).

I now implemented this and did some testing. It works.

Kind of.

If just BRepAdaptor_CompCurve::D1() would return parameter values that are evenly distributed along the wire. Which it doesn't:

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Anybody knows if this is a feature or am I doing something wrong. Or should I consider this a bug?

[Chris_G]

IMHO you must not assume any specific parametrisation.
This is not a bug. It is up to you to compute the right sequence of parameters to get your "constant speed" samples.

EDIT : GCPnts_UniformAbscissa may be useful

[tanderson69]

If just BRepAdaptor_CompCurve::D1() would return parameter values that are evenly distributed along the wire. Which it doesn't:

It might. There are several constructors for BRepAdaptor_CompCurve. I searched freecads code base and the only BRepAdaptor_CompCurve constructor I found, was the constructor using the single parameter wire. So I can only guess that using another constructor and passing true for 'KnotByCurvilinearAbcissa' parameter would give you what you want. You can also specify the parametric range.

[mfro]

... So I can only guess that using another constructor and passing true for 'KnotByCurvilinearAbcissa' parameter would give you what you want...

Good guess, hit the spot, many thanks!

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[mfro]

Thanks to tanderson69, the roller chain can now be properly animated using plain Assembly 4 functionality and a little expression trickery (that probably needs revisiting to improve performance), no extra code needed.

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Could anybody offhand give some guidance on the FreeCAD pull/enhancement request process, please?
I don't want to collide with anything with my very first contribution...

[Kunda1]

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