Source code for madcad.generation

# This file is part of pymadcad,  distributed under license LGPL v3
'''
	The functions here generare meshes from simpler objects (like lower dimension meshes, or simple primitives). You won't find here iterative methods, nor adaptative geometry operations, nor mesh modification operations.
	The functions here may eventually be complex but will always feel predictable and simple from a human perspective.
'''

from .mathutils import *
from .primitives import Axis
from .mesh import Mesh, Web, Wire, edgekey, facekeyo, MeshError, web, wire, suites, mkquad, mktri
from . import triangulation
from . import settings
from . import primitives
from .nprint import nprint

from copy import copy


__all__ = [
	'extrans', 'extrusion', 'revolution', 'saddle', 'tube', 
	'repeat', 'thicken', 'inflate', 'inflate_offsets', 'expand',
	'flatsurface', 'icosurface', 'subdivide',
	'square', 'brick', 'parallelogram', 'cylinder', 'cone', 'pyramid', 'icosahedron', 'icosphere', 'uvsphere', 'regon', 
	]

	
# --- extrusion things ---


[docs]def extrusion(trans, line: Web, alignment:float=0) -> Mesh: ''' Create a surface by extruding the given outline by a transformation Parameters: line: a line (Web or Wire) or a surface (Mesh) to extrude trans: any transformation object accepted by `mathutils.transform` alignment: when > 0 the line is extruded both sides (the transformation is linearly interpoled) ''' trans = transform(trans) neutral = mat4() return extrans(line, [ neutral + (trans-neutral)*(-alignment), neutral + (trans-neutral)*(1-alignment), ], [(0,1,0)])
[docs]def revolution(angle: float, axis: Axis, profile: Web, resolution=None) -> Mesh: ''' Create a revolution surface by extruding the given outline `steps` is the number of steps between the start and the end of the extrusion Parameters: angle: angle of rotation between the given profile and the final produced profile axis: the axis to rotate around profile: the shape to extrude resolution: resolution setting for the biggest produced circle, such as for primitives ''' if not isinstance(profile, (Mesh,Web,Wire)): profile = web(profile) # get the maximum radius, to compute the curve resolution radius = 0 for pt in profile.points: v = pt-axis[0] v -= project(v,axis[1]) radius = max(radius, length(v)) steps = settings.curve_resolution(abs(angle*radius), abs(angle), resolution)+2 # use extrans def trans(): for i in range(steps): yield rotatearound(i/(steps-1)*angle, axis) def links(): for i in range(steps-2): yield (i,i+1, 0) if abs(angle-2*pi) <= NUMPREC: yield (steps-2, 0, 0) else: yield (steps-2, steps-1, 0) return extrans(profile, trans(), links())
[docs]def saddle(web1: Web, web2: Web) -> Mesh: ''' Create a surface by extruding outine1 translating each instance to the next point of outline2''' web1, web2 = web(web1), web(web2) def trans(): s = web2.points[0] for p in web2.points: yield translate(mat4(1), p-s) return extrans(web1, trans(), ((*e,t) for e,t in zip(web2.edges, web2.tracks)))
[docs]def tube(outline: Web, path: Wire, end=True, section=True) -> Mesh: ''' Create a tube surface by extruding the outline along the path if `section` is True, there is a correction of the segments to keep the section rigid by the curve ''' path = wire(path) def trans(): lastrot = quat() l = len(path)-1 yield mat4(1) for i in range(1,l+1): if i < l: # calculer l'angle a ce coude o = path[i] v1 = normalize(path[i-1]-o) v2 = normalize(path[i+1]-o) c = cross(-v1,v2) o = dot(-v1,v2) cl = length(c) cn = c/cl ha = atan2(cl,o)/2 hrot = angleAxis(ha, cn) # calcul de la rotation de la section rot = hrot * lastrot lastrot = hrot * rot m = mat3_cast(rot) # deformation de la section pour ne pas réduire le volume if section: m = scaledir(normalize(v1+v2), 1/cos(ha)) * m else: m = mat3_cast(lastrot) # construction de la transformation yield transform(path[i]) * mat4(m) * transform(-path[0]) trans = trans() if not end: next(trans) # handle wires with no tracks if path.tracks: links = ((i, i+1, path.tracks[i]) for i in range(len(path)-1)) else: links = ((i, i+1, 0) for i in range(len(path)-1)) # generate return extrans(outline, trans, links)
[docs]def extrans(section, transformations, links=None) -> Mesh: ''' Create a surface by extruding and transforming the given outline. Parameters: section: a `Web` or a `Mesh` transformations: iterable of mat4, one each section link: iterable of tuples (a,b,t) with: `(a,b)` the sections to link (indices of values returned by `transformation`). `t` the group number of that link, to combine with the section groups if `links` is not specified, it will link each transformed section to the previous one. This is equivalent to giving links `(i, i+1, 0)` ''' # prepare if isinstance(section, Mesh): face = copy(section) face.strippoints() section = face.outlines() else: face = None section = copy(web(section)) reindex = section.strippoints() mesh = Mesh() # result mesh extremities = {} # index of extremities in links graph (similar to Web extremities), associated to a boolean telling the direction of that extremity kept = {} # transformations kept in memory, indexed by their sections groups = {} # groups created by the extransion l = len(section.points) # generate all sections faces using links if links: for a,b,u in links: al = a*l bl = b*l for (c,d),v in zip(section.edges, section.tracks): mesh.faces.append((al+c, al+d, bl+d)) mesh.faces.append((al+c, bl+d, bl+c)) t = groups.setdefault((u,v), len(groups)) mesh.tracks.append(t) mesh.tracks.append(t) # find extremities if face: if a in extremities: del extremities[a] else: extremities[a] = True if b in extremities: del extremities[b] else: extremities[b] = False # generate all sections points using transformations k = 0 for k,trans in enumerate(transformations): for p in section.points: mesh.points.append(vec3(trans*vec4(p,1))) if k and not links: al, bl, u = (k-1)*l, k*l, 0 for (c,d),v in zip(section.edges, section.tracks): mesh.faces.append((al+c, al+d, bl+d)) mesh.faces.append((al+c, bl+d, bl+c)) t = groups.setdefault((u,v), len(groups)) mesh.tracks.append(t) mesh.tracks.append(t) # keep extremities transformations elif face and k in extremities: kept[k] = trans if not links: extremities[0] = True extremities[k] = False # generate all combined groups mesh.groups = [None] * len(groups) for (u,v), t in groups.items(): mesh.groups[t] = section.groups[v] # NOTE will change in the future to mention both u and v # append faces at extremities if face: merges = {} # point merge dictionnary at faces insertion for k, orient in extremities.items(): for src,dst in enumerate(reindex): if dst >= 0: merges[src + len(mesh.points)] = dst + l*k end = face .transform(kept[k]) mesh += end if extremities[k] else end.flip() mesh.mergepoints(merges) return mesh
def linstep(start, stop, x): if x <= start: return 0 if x >= stop: return 1 return (x-start)/(stop-start)
[docs]def inflate_offsets(surface: Mesh, offset: float, method='face') -> '[vec3]': ''' Displacements vectors for points of a surface we want to inflate. Parameters: offset: the distance from the surface to the offset surface. Its meaning depends on `method` method: determines if the distance is from the old to the new faces, edges or points possible values: `'face', 'edge', 'point'` ''' pnormals = surface.vertexnormals() # smooth normal offsets laterally when they are closer than `offset` outlines = surface.outlines_oriented() l = len(pnormals) normals = deepcopy(pnormals) for i in range(5): # the number of steps is the diffusion distance through the mesh for a,b in outlines: d = surface.points[a] - surface.points[b] # edge direction t = cross(pnormals[a]+pnormals[b], d) # surface tangent normal to the edge # contribution stars when the offset points are closer than `offset` contrib = 1 - smoothstep(0, offset, length(offset*(pnormals[a]-pnormals[b])+d)) normals[a] += contrib * 0.5*project(pnormals[b]-pnormals[a], t) normals[b] += contrib * 0.5*project(pnormals[a]-pnormals[b], t) # renormalize for i in range(l): pnormals[i] = normals[i] = normalize(normals[i]) # compute offset length depending on the method if method == 'face': lengths = [inf]*len(pnormals) for face in surface.faces: fnormal = surface.facenormal(face) for p in face: lengths[p] = min(lengths[p], 1/dot(pnormals[p], fnormal)) return typedlist((pnormals[p]*lengths[p]*offset for p in range(len(pnormals))), dtype=vec3) elif method == 'edge': lengths = [inf]*len(pnormals) for edge,enormal in surface.edgenormals().items(): for p in edge: lengths[p] = min(lengths[p], 1/dot(pnormals[p], enormal)) return typedlist((pnormals[p]*lengths[p]*offset for p in range(len(pnormals))), dtype=vec3) elif method == 'point': return typedlist((pnormals[p]*offset for p in range(len(pnormals))), dtype=vec3)
[docs]def inflate(surface:Mesh, offset:float, method='face') -> 'Mesh': ''' Move all points of the surface to make a new one at a certain distance of the last one Parameters: offset: the distance from the surface to the offseted surface. its meaning depends on `method` method: determines if the distance is from the old to the new faces, edges or points ''' return Mesh( typedlist((p+d for p,d in zip(surface.points, inflate_offsets(surface, offset, method))), dtype=vec3), surface.faces, surface.tracks, surface.groups)
[docs]def thicken(surface: Mesh, thickness: float, alignment:float=0, method='face') -> 'Mesh': ''' Thicken a surface by extruding it, points displacements are made along normal. Parameters: thickness: determines the distance between the two surfaces (can be negative to go the opposite direction to the normal). alignment: specifies which side is the given surface: 0 is for the first, 1 for the second side, 0.5 thicken all apart the given surface. method: determines if the thickness is from the old to the new faces, edges or points ''' displts = inflate_offsets(surface, thickness, method) a = alignment b = alignment-1 m = ( Mesh( typedlist((p+d*a for p,d in zip(surface.points,displts)), dtype=vec3), surface.faces[:], surface.tracks[:], surface.groups) + Mesh( typedlist((p+d*b for p,d in zip(surface.points,displts)), dtype=vec3), surface.faces, surface.tracks, surface.groups[:] ) .flip() ) t = len(m.groups) l = len(surface.points) m.groups.append(None) for e in surface.outlines_oriented(): mkquad(m, (e[0], e[1], e[1]+l, e[0]+l), t) return m
[docs]def expand(surface: Mesh, offset: float, collapse=True) -> Mesh: ''' Generate a surface expanding the input mesh on the tangent of the ouline neighboring faces Parameters: offset: distance from the outline point to the expanded outline points collapse: if True, expanded points leading to crossing edges will collapse into one ''' # outline with associated face normals pts = surface.points edges = {} for face in surface.faces: for e in ((face[0], face[1]), (face[1], face[2]), (face[2],face[0])): if e in edges: del edges[e] else: edges[(e[1], e[0])] = surface.facenormal(face) # return the point on tangent for a couple of edges from the frontier def tangent(e0, e1): mid = axis_midpoint( (pts[e0[1]], pts[e0[0]] - pts[e0[1]]), (pts[e1[0]], pts[e1[1]] - pts[e1[0]]), ) d0 = pts[e0[1]] - pts[e0[0]] d1 = pts[e1[1]] - pts[e1[0]] n0, n1 = edges[e0], edges[e1] t = normalize(cross(n0, n1) + NUMPREC*(d0*length(d1)-d1*length(d0)) + NUMPREC**2 * (cross(n0, d0) + cross(n1, d1))) if dot(t, cross(n0, d0)) < 0: t = -t return mid + t * offset # cross neighbooring normals for loop in suites(edges, cut=False): assert loop[-1] == loop[0], "non-manifold input mesh" loop.pop() # compute the offsets, and remove anticipated overlapping geometries extended = [None]*len(loop) for i in range(len(loop)): # consecutive edges around i-1 ei0 = (loop[i-2], loop[i-1]) ei1 = (loop[i-1], loop[i]) ti = tangent(ei0, ei1) if collapse: tk = deepcopy(ti) weight = 1 # j is moving to find how much points to gather ej0 = ei0 for j in reversed(range(i-len(loop)+1, i-1)): # consecutive edges aroung j ej0, ej1 = (loop[j-1], loop[j]), ej0 tj = tangent(ej0, ej1) if dot(ti - tj, pts[ei1[0]] - pts[ej0[1]]) <= NUMPREC * length2(pts[ei1[0]] - pts[ej0[1]]): tk += tj weight += 1 else: break # store tangents for k in range(j+1, i): extended[k] = tk/weight else: extended[i-1] = ti # insert the new points j = l = len(pts) g = len(surface.groups) surface.groups.append(None) for i in range(len(extended)): if extended[i] != extended[i-1]: pts.append(extended[i]) # create the faces for i in range(len(extended)): if extended[i] != extended[i-1]: mkquad(surface, (loop[i-1], loop[i], j, (j if j > l else len(pts)) -1), g) j += 1 else: mktri(surface, (loop[i-1], loop[i], (j if j > l else len(pts)) -1), g) return surface
def axis_midpoint(a0: Axis, a1: Axis, x=0.5) -> vec3: ''' Return the midpoint of two axis. `x` is the blending factor between `a0` and `a1` - `x = 0` gives the point of `a0` the closest to `a1` - `x = 1` gives the point of `a1` the closest to `a0` ''' p0, d0 = a0 p1, d1 = a1 if dot(d0,d1)**2 == length2(d0)*length2(d1): return mix(p0, p1, 0.5) return mix( p0 + unproject(project(p1-p0, noproject(d0, d1)), d0), p1 + unproject(project(p0-p1, noproject(d1, d0)), d1), x) # --- filling things ---
[docs]def flatsurface(outline, normal=None) -> 'Mesh': ''' Generates a surface for a flat outline using the prefered triangulation method . if `normal` is specified, it must be the normal vector to the plane, and will be used to orient the face. ''' if isinstance(outline, Wire): m = triangulation.triangulation_outline(outline, normal) else: m = triangulation.triangulation(web(outline), normal) if normal and dot(m.facenormal(0), normal) < 0: m = m.flip() return m
[docs]def icosurface(pts, ptangents, resolution=None) -> 'Mesh': ''' Generate a surface ICO (a subdivided triangle) with its points interpolated using interpol2tri. - If normals are given instead of point tangents (for ptangents), the surface will fit a sphere. - Else `ptangents` must be a list of couples (2 edge tangents each point). ''' # compute normals to points if isinstance(ptangents[0], tuple): normals = [None]*3 for i in range(3): normals[i] = normalize(cross(ptangents[i][0], ptangents[i][1])) else: # if normals are given instead of tangents, compute tangents to fit a sphere surface normals = ptangents ptangents = [None]*3 for i in range(3): ptangents[i] = ( normalize(noproject(pts[i-2]-pts[i], normals[i])) * arclength(pts[i], pts[i-2], normals[i], normals[i-2]), normalize(noproject(pts[i-1]-pts[i], normals[i])) * arclength(pts[i], pts[i-1], normals[i], normals[i-1]), ) # evaluate resolution (using a bad approximation of the length for now) div = max(( settings.curve_resolution( distance(pts[i-1], pts[i-2]), anglebt(normals[i-1], normals[i-2]), resolution) for i in range(3) )) return dividedtriangle(lambda u,v: intri_sphere(pts, ptangents, u,v), div)
def dividedtriangle(placement, div=1) -> 'Mesh': ''' Generate a subdivided triangle with points placed according to the placement closure `placement(a,b) -> vec3` with a,b such as a+b+c = 1 with a,b,c within [0;1] ''' segts = div+2 # place points mesh = Mesh(groups=[None]) for i in range(segts): u = i/(segts-1) for j in range(segts-i): v = j/(segts-1) p = placement(u,v) mesh.points.append(p) # create faces c = 0 for i in reversed(range(1,segts+1)): for j in range(i-1): s = c+j mesh.faces.append((s, s+i, s+1)) for j in range(1,i-1): s = c+j mesh.faces.append((s, s+i-1, s+i)) c += i mesh.tracks = typedlist.full(0, len(mesh.faces), 'I') return mesh
[docs]def subdivide(mesh, div=1) -> 'Mesh': ''' Subdivide all faces by the number of cuts ''' n = div+2 pts = typedlist(dtype=vec3) faces = typedlist(dtype=uvec3) tracks = typedlist(dtype='I') c = 0 for f,t in enumerate(mesh.tracks): # place the points o,p0,p1 = mesh.facepoints(f) x = p0-o y = p1-o for i in range(n): u = i/(n-1) for j in range(n-i): v = j/(n-1) p = o + u*x + v*y pts.append(p) # create the faces for i in reversed(range(1,n+1)): for j in range(i-1): s = c+j faces.append(uvec3(s, s+i, s+1)) for j in range(1,i-1): s = c+j faces.append(uvec3(s, s+i-1, s+i)) c += i tracks.extend([t] * (len(faces)-len(tracks))) new = Mesh(pts, faces, tracks) new.mergeclose() return new
# --- standard shapes ---
[docs]def brick(*args, **kwargs) -> 'Mesh': ''' A simple brick with rectangular axis-aligned sides It can be constructed in the following ways: - brick(Box) - brick(min, max) - brick(center=vec3(0), width=vec3(-inf)) Parameters: min: the corner with minimal coordinates max: the corner with maximal coordinates center: the center of the box width: the all positive diagonal of the box ''' if len(args) == 1 and not kwargs and isinstance(args[0], Box): box = args[0] else: box = Box(*args, **kwargs) mesh = Mesh( [ vec3(1, 0, 0), vec3(1, 0, 1), vec3(0, 0, 1), vec3(0, 0, 0), vec3(1, 1, 0), vec3(1, 1, 1), vec3(0, 1, 1), vec3(0, 1, 0)], [ uvec3(0, 1, 2), uvec3(0, 2, 3), uvec3(4, 7, 6), uvec3(4, 6, 5), uvec3(0, 4, 5), uvec3(0, 5, 1), uvec3(1, 5, 6), uvec3(1, 6, 2), uvec3(2, 6, 7), uvec3(2, 7, 3), uvec3(4, 0, 3), uvec3(4, 3, 7)], [ 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5 ], [None] * 6, ) for i in range(len(mesh.points)): mesh.points[i] = mesh.points[i]*box.width + box.min return mesh
[docs]def parallelogram(*directions, origin=vec3(0), align=vec3(0), fill=True) -> 'Mesh': ''' Create a parallelogram or parallelepiped depending on the number of directions given Parameters: directions: list of 1-3 directions, they must for a right handed base for the face normals to be oriented outward origin: origin the resulting shape, the shape will placed relatively to that point align: relative position of the origin in the shape: 0 means at start of each direction, 1 means at the tip of each direction fill: - if True, a mesh will be generated (forming a surface with 2 directions, or an envelope with 3 directions) - if False, a Web will be generated ''' # generate points by binary combinations points = [] min = origin - sum(a*d for a,d in zip(align, directions)) for i in range(2**len(directions)): points.append(min + sum(d if i>>k & 1 else 0 for k,d in enumerate(directions))) # mesh if len(directions) == 1: if fill: raise ValueError('cannot fill parallelogram with one only direction') else: return Web(points, [uvec2(0,1)]) if len(directions) == 2: if fill: return Mesh(points, [ uvec3(0,1,2), uvec3(2,1,3), ]) else: return Web(points, [ uvec2(0,1), uvec2(1,3), uvec2(3,2), uvec2(2,0), ]).segmented() elif len(directions) == 3: if fill: return Mesh(points, [ uvec3(0,2,1), uvec3(1,2,3), uvec3(0,1,4), uvec3(1,5,4), uvec3(0,4,2), uvec3(2,4,6), uvec3(4,5,6), uvec3(5,7,6), uvec3(2,6,3), uvec3(3,6,7), uvec3(1,3,5), uvec3(3,7,5), ], [ 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, ]) else: return Web(points, [ uvec2(0,1), uvec2(2,3), uvec2(4,5), uvec2(6,7), uvec2(0,2), uvec2(1,3), uvec2(4,6), uvec2(5,7), uvec2(0,4), uvec2(1,5), uvec2(2,6), uvec2(3,7), ]).segmented() else: raise ValueError('wrong number of directions')
[docs]def cylinder(bottom:vec3, top:vec3, radius:float, fill=True) -> 'Mesh': ''' Create a revolution cylinder, with the given radius Parameters: bottom, top (vec3): the cylinder extremities centers fill (bool): whether to put faces at both extremities ''' direction = top-bottom base = wire(primitives.Circle((bottom,normalize(direction)), radius)) if fill: base = flatsurface(base).flip() return extrusion(direction, base)
[docs]def cone(summit:vec3, base:vec3, radius:float, fill=True) -> 'Mesh': ''' Create a revolution cone, with a base of the given radius Parameters: summit (vec3): The point at the top of the cone base (vec3): the center point of the base fill (bool): whether to put a face at the base ''' base = wire(primitives.Circle((base, normalize(summit-base)), radius)) if fill: base = flatsurface(base) return pyramid(summit, base)
[docs]def pyramid(summit:vec3, base) -> 'Mesh': ''' Create a pyramid with the given summit point and the given base Parameters: summit (vec3): the top (summit) of the cone, not necessarity in the center of the shape base: (Mesh,Web,Wire): the base shape ''' if isinstance(base, Mesh): outline = base.outlines().flip() outline.stripgroups() result = Mesh(base.points, groups=outline.groups) else: outline = web(base) result = Mesh(points=outline.points, groups=outline.groups) p = len(result.points) result.points.append(summit) for edge, track in zip(outline.edges, outline.tracks): result.faces.append(uvec3(edge, p)) result.tracks.append(track) if isinstance(base, Mesh): result += base.flip() return result
[docs]def square(axis:primitives.Axis, width:float) -> 'Mesh': ''' Return a simple square with the given normal axis and square width. Useful to quickly create a cutplane ''' x,y,z = dirbase(axis[1]) return Mesh( typedlist([axis[0]+0.6*width*p for p in ((x+y), (y-x), (-y-x), (-y+x))]), typedlist([uvec3(0,1,2), uvec3(2,3,0)]), groups=[None], )
[docs]def icosahedron(center:vec3, radius:float) -> 'Mesh': ''' A simple icosahedron (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icosahedron) ''' phi = (1+ sqrt(5)) /2 # golden ratio m = Mesh( typedlist([ vec3(0, 1, phi), vec3(1, phi, 0), vec3(phi, 0, 1), vec3(0, -1, phi), vec3(-1, phi, 0), vec3(phi, 0, -1), vec3(0, 1, -phi), vec3(1, -phi, 0), vec3(-phi, 0, 1), vec3(0, -1, -phi), vec3(-1, -phi, 0), vec3(-phi, 0, -1), ]), typedlist([ uvec3(0,1,4), uvec3(0,2,1), uvec3(0,3,2), uvec3(0,8,3), uvec3(0,4,8), uvec3(2,5,1), uvec3(1,6,4), uvec3(4,11,8), uvec3(8,10,3), uvec3(3,7,2), uvec3(3,10,7), uvec3(2,7,5), uvec3(1,5,6), uvec3(4,6,11), uvec3(8,11,10), uvec3(7,9,5), uvec3(5,9,6), uvec3(6,9,11), uvec3(11,9,10), uvec3(10,9,7), ]), ) f = radius/length(m.points[0]) for i,p in enumerate(m.points): m.points[i] = f*p + center return m
[docs]def icosphere(center:vec3, radius:float, resolution=None) -> 'Mesh': ''' A simple icosphere with an arbitrary resolution (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic_polyhedron). Points are obtained from a subdivided icosahedron and reprojected on the desired radius. ''' ico = icosahedron(center, radius) div = settings.curve_resolution(2/6*pi*radius, 2/6*pi, resolution) ico = subdivide(ico, div-1) for i,p in enumerate(ico.points): ico.points[i] = center + radius * normalize(p-center) return ico
[docs]def uvsphere(center:vec3, radius:float, alignment=vec3(0,0,1), resolution=None) -> 'Mesh': ''' A simple uvsphere (simple sphere obtained with a revolution of an arc) ''' x,y,z = dirbase(alignment) mesh = revolution(2*pi, (center, z), web(primitives.ArcCentered( (center,x), center+radius*z, center-radius*z, resolution=resolution)), resolution=resolution) mesh.mergeclose() return mesh
[docs]def regon(axis:primitives.Axis, radius, n, alignment=None) -> 'Wire': ''' Create a regular n-gon `Wire`, the same way we create a `Circle` ''' return primitives.Circle(axis, radius, resolution=('div',n), alignment=alignment or vec3(1,0,0), ).mesh() .segmented()
[docs]def repeat(pattern, n:int, transform): ''' Create a mesh duplicating n times the given pattern, each time applying the given transform. Parameters: pattern: can either be a `Mesh`, `Web` or `Wire` the return type will depend on the input type n: the number of repetitions transform: is the transformation between each duplicate ''' current = pattern pool = type(pattern)(groups=pattern.groups) if n: pool += current for i in range(1,n): current = current.transform(transform) pool += current return pool