Curve3D

Inherits: Resource < Reference < Object Describes a Bézier curve in 3D space.

Description

Path, but can be manually sampled for other purposes. It keeps a cache of precalculated points along the curve, to speed up further calculations.

float bake_interval get_baked_points or get_baked_length function is called. The smaller the distance, the more points in the cache and the more memory it will consume, so use with care.

bool up_vector_enabled true, the curve will bake up vectors used for orientation. This is used when PathFollow.rotation_mode is set to PathFollow.ROTATION_ORIENTED. Changing it forces the cache to be recomputed.
Method Descriptions
add_point ( Vector3 position, Vector3 in=Vector3( 0, 0, 0 ), Vector3 out=Vector3( 0, 0, 0 ), int at_position=-1 ) position relative to the Curve3D‘s position, with control points in and out. at_position is given, the point is inserted before the point number at_position, moving that point (and every point after) after the inserted point. If at_position is not given, or is an illegal value (at_position <0 or at_position >= [method get_point_count]), the point will be appended at the end of the point list.

float get_baked_length ( ) const bake_interval), it should be approximate enough.

PoolVector3Array get_baked_up_vectors ( ) const PoolVector3Array. up_vector_enabled is false, the cache will be empty.

float get_closest_offset ( Vector3 to_point ) const to_point. This offset is meant to be used in interpolate_baked or interpolate_baked_up_vector. to_point must be in this curve’s local space.

Vector3 get_closest_point ( Vector3 to_point ) const to_point. to_point must be in this curve’s local space.

int get_point_count ( ) const Returns the number of points describing the curve.

Vector3 get_point_in ( int idx ) const idx. The returned position is relative to the vertex idx. If the index is out of bounds, the function sends an error to the console, and returns (0, 0, 0).

Vector3 get_point_out ( int idx ) const idx. The returned position is relative to the vertex idx. If the index is out of bounds, the function sends an error to the console, and returns (0, 0, 0).

Vector3 get_point_position ( int idx ) const idx. If the index is out of bounds, the function sends an error to the console, and returns (0, 0, 0).

float get_point_tilt ( int idx ) const idx. If the index is out of bounds, the function sends an error to the console, and returns 0.

Vector3 interpolate ( int idx, float t ) const idx and the vertex idx + 1, where t controls if the point is the first vertex (t = 0.0), the last vertex (t = 1.0), or in between. Values of t outside the range (0.0 >= t <=1) give strange, but predictable results. idx is out of bounds it is truncated to the first or last vertex, and t is ignored. If the curve has no points, the function sends an error to the console, and returns (0, 0, 0).

Vector3 interpolate_baked ( float offset, bool cubic=false ) const offset, where offset is measured as a distance in 3D units along the curve. offset lies between, then interpolates the values. This interpolation is cubic if cubic is set to true, or linear if set to false. Cubic interpolation tends to follow the curves better, but linear is faster (and often, precise enough).

Vector3 interpolate_baked_up_vector ( float offset, bool apply_tilt=false ) const offset, where offset is measured as a distance in 3D units along the curve. offset lies between, then interpolates the values. If apply_tilt is true, an interpolated tilt is applied to the interpolated up vector. (0, 1, 0).

Vector3 interpolatef ( float fofs ) const fofs. It calls interpolate using the integer part of fofs as idx, and its fractional part as t.

remove_point ( int idx ) idx from the curve. Sends an error to the console if idx is out of bounds.

set_point_in ( int idx, Vector3 position ) idx. If the index is out of bounds, the function sends an error to the console. The position is relative to the vertex.

set_point_out ( int idx, Vector3 position ) idx. If the index is out of bounds, the function sends an error to the console. The position is relative to the vertex.

set_point_position ( int idx, Vector3 position ) idx. If the index is out of bounds, the function sends an error to the console.

set_point_tilt ( int idx, float tilt ) idx. If the index is out of bounds, the function sends an error to the console. PathFollow, this tilt is an offset over the natural tilt the PathFollow calculates.

PoolVector3Array tessellate ( int max_stages=5, float tolerance_degrees=4 ) const Returns a list of points along the curve, with a curvature controlled point density. That is, the curvier parts will have more points than the straighter parts. This approximation makes straight segments between each point, then subdivides those segments until the resulting shape is similar enough. max_stages controls how many subdivisions a curve segment may face before it is considered approximate enough. Each subdivision splits the segment in half, so the default 5 stages may mean up to 32 subdivisions per curve segment. Increase with care! tolerance_degrees controls how many degrees the midpoint of a segment may deviate from the real curve, before the segment has to be subdivided.