How it works or should work

• Test edit

Assembly

• copy(): features / trimmed geometries are not copied!?
• rainbows should manifest from longer edges of the beams

TimberAssembly

• assembly.parts, assembly.beams

Beam

• Geometry:
  beam.geometry → returns <class 'compas_rhino.geometry.brep.brep.RhinoBrep'>
beam._part_geometry → returns <class 'compas.datastructures.assembly.part.BrepGeometry'>
beam.shape → returns None
  beam.geometry.native_brep → returns RhinoBrep

Part

• part.shape:
  base shape
  → still working??
  type: BrepGeometry or MeshGeometry (inherit from PartGeometry from Geometry)
• part.geometry:
  including applied features

Joint

Features

General stuff from compas Part class [source]:

• types: MeshFeature, BrepFeature, ParametricFeature(?)
• know their feature shape and operation
• store a deepcopy of previous part geometry after applying
• hold reference to Part
• parts and joints hold list of references to features
• do not know where they come from (don't hold reference to e.g. joint)
• apply themselves
• do they know if already applied?

What part.add_geometry_feature() does:

• creates a feature instance
• adds it to part.features() list
• optionally calls feature.apply()

What feature.apply() does:

• performs feature operation
• stores new geometry of the part (transformed) in part._part_geometry

from joints

Each joint type has specific features to apply to the parts, beams etc. For example: trim with a plane, extend length on one side, boolean subtract a notch geometry.

What joint.add_features() does:

• using part.add_feature() :
  • creates joint-specific features
  • adds them to part.features() list
• adds them to joint.features() list
• optionally calls feature.apply()

TODO:

• prevent duplicates of features from the same joint
• a failed operation (e.g. trimming) throws an error --> warning / ignore instead?

Example: apply T-butt joint:

creates features:

• parametric feature: extend main beam (esp. if the cutting plane is not perp to main beam's centerline)
• geometric feature: trim main beam

whole action stack, for the main beam:

• unroll all features
• consolidate parametric features (e.g. extend by 1cm and extend by 2cm will only extend by 2cm)
• (re)apply parametric features
• restore (reapply) geometric features
• apply the new geometric features

Example: remove a T-butt joint:

action stack, for the main beam:

• find the features (extend + trim)
• unroll all features
• remove joint's features from feature list
• reapply all remaining features

Example: change joint type from e.g. L-Butt to L-Miter

• find joint features for both beams (extend+trim)
• remove (L-butt's) features (from feature lists?)
• add new (L-miter's) features
• unroll all features
• apply all features according to the new instructions/lists