Epitrochoid

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### Epitrochoid(outerRadius, rollerRadius, distFromRollerCenter, [rotationDegrees])

Augments: Curve

A curve evaluator object for a curve drawn by a circle that rolls along the outside of another circle, whose position is fixed, with a center of (0,0). The rolling circle will start at the positive X axis of the fixed circle.

The following curves can be generated with this class (in the following descriptions, O = outerRadius, R means rollerRadius, and D = distFromRollerCenter).<ul>

Epicycloid: D = R (epitrochoid touching the fixed circle).

Curtate epicycloid: D < R (epitrochoid not touching the fixed circle).

Prolate epicycloid: D > R (epitrochoid crossing the fixed circle).

Cardioid: R = O; D = O.

Nephroid: R = O/2; D = O/2.

Ranunculoid: R = O/5; D = O/5.

N-cusped epicycloid: R = O/N; D = O/N.

Circle: O = 0; the radius will be R - D.

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This class is considered a supplementary class to the Public Domain HTML 3D Library and is not considered part of that library.

To use this class, you must include the script “extras/evaluators.js”; the class is not included in the “h3du_min.js” file which makes up the HTML 3D Library. Example:

<script type="text/javascript" src="extras/evaluators.js"></script>

Parameters

• outerRadius (Type: number)
  Radius of the circle whose position is fixed.
• rollerRadius (Type: number)
  Radius of the rolling circle. An epicycloid results when distFromRollerCenter=rollerRadius.
• distFromRollerCenter (Type: number)
  Distance from the center of the rolling circle to the drawing pen.
• rotationDegrees (Type: number) (optional)
  Starting angle of the curve from the positive X axis toward the positive Y axis, in degrees. Default is 0.

Methods

• endPoints
  Gets the endpoints of this curve.
• evaluate
  Generates a point on the curve from the given U coordinate.
• scaleTo
  Creates a modified version of this curve so that it fits the given radius.

### Epitrochoid#endPoints()

Gets the endpoints of this curve. For this curve evaluator object, the curve starts at 0 and ends at π*2.

Return Value

An array containing the two endpoints of the curve. The first number is the start of the curve, and the second number is the end of the curve. * (Type: Array.<number>)

### Epitrochoid#evaluate(u)

Generates a point on the curve from the given U coordinate.

Parameters

• u (Type: number)
  U coordinate.

Return Value

A 3-element array specifying a 3D point. Only the X and Y coordinates will be other than 0. (Type: Array.<number>)

### Epitrochoid#scaleTo(radius)

Creates a modified version of this curve so that it fits the given radius.

Parameters

• radius (Type: number)
  Desired radius of the curve.

Return Value

Return value. (Type: Epitrochoid)

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