Matrix image courtesy of mavaddat .
In now-merged PR 8603 new FreeCAD contributor Daniel-Khodabakhsh developed a new set of matrix-construction convenience functions that are provide a much nicer API than the original matrix creation methods.
The following functions were added which are shorthand for the create function:
| New function | Object type | Analog |
|---|---|---|
matrix(...) | Matrix | create(<<matrix>>; ...) |
placement(...) | Placement | create(<<placement>>; ...) |
rotation(...) | Rotation | create(<<rotation>>; ...) |
rotationx(angle) | Rotation | create(<<rotation>>; create(<<vector>>; 1; 0; 0); angle) |
rotationy(angle) | Rotation | create(<<rotation>>; create(<<vector>>; 0; 1; 0); angle) |
rotationz(angle) | Rotation | create(<<rotation>>; create(<<vector>>; 0; 0; 1); angle) |
translationm(x; y; z) | Matrix | create(<<matrix>>; 1; 0; 0; x; 0; 1; 0; y; 0; 0; 1; z; 0; 0; 0; 1) |
vector(...) | Vector | create(<<vector>>; ...) |
The following matrix functions were also added. These functions are following the same pattern previously established by the existing minvert and mscale.
| New function | Description |
|---|---|
mrotate | Rotate given object. |
mrotatex | Rotate given object around the X-axis. |
mrotatey | Rotate given object around the Y-axis. |
mrotatez | Rotate given object around the Z-axis. |
mtranslate | Translate given object (Rotation objects will be returned as a Placement object) |
These functions return the same type of object which was supplied with the exception of mtranslate.
The functions can be chained together like so:
=mtranslate(mrotatex(placement(vector(1; 2; 3); rotation(0; 0; 0)); 45); 1; 2; 3)
Thanks to Daniel-Khodabakhsh for this valuable contribution to FreeCAD`s Expression API.