Cycloid Curves with Rhino Python
Studied earlier in Grasshopper here, creating a cycloid-like curve actually mimics the physical process of rotating disks on a path. Below is a test in Rhino Python (I know the variable names are not conventional).
# Drawing Cycloid-like Curves
# 07.08.2017 www.designcoding.net - Tugrul Yazar
import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs
curv = rs.GetObject("Select curve")
qual = rs.GetInteger("Quality",100)
radi = rs.GetReal("a radius",4)
radi2 = rs.GetReal("Circle radius",4)
cua = rs.OffsetCurve(curv,[1,1,0],radi2)
cevre = 2 * 3.1415 * radi
mimi = []
for i in range(0,qual):
ming = i / qual
momo = rs.CurveParameter(cua,ming)
deto = rs.EvaluateCurve(cua,momo)
geto = rs.AddCircle(deto,radi2)
angle = (360 * momo) / cevre
gogo = rs.RotateObject(geto,deto,angle)
mimi.append(rs.CurveStartPoint(gogo))
rs.DeleteObject(geto)
rs.AddInterpCurve(mimi)
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