lix - Linear extrusion

Name

lix — Linear extrusion

Syntax

Description

Make linear extrusion of data. Creates plane from lines and volumes from planes.

Arguments

No arguments.

Linear extrusion has a default value of 1.

value

Linear extrusion with value of data.

dir x | y | z

Direction of the extrusion is along x, y or z axis (z is default).

Examples

Ex.1: Linear extrusion

z                 ;# Erase screen
win demo          ;# Get demo window (450000 460000 6450000 6460000 1000 4000)
spe bgc whi       ;# Specify background color to white
mak ran 22        ;# Make 22 random points
lin poi sav       ;# Draw rods through points and save
lix 1000 dir x    ;# Linear extrusion of 1000 in x direction
ssc               ;# Scale data
dis               ;# Display the planes
bol 3             ;# Draw border lines

The above example produces this image.

Creating planes with linear extrusion

See also

filt rex , mak lip , mak tris , spe alix , spe lix , txt - 3D text