Functional Objects           

Function
Mechanism in which an arm C carrying a pen rotates around a pivot D which joins two links, one attached to rotating arm A, the other to rotating arm B. Care needed to ensure mechanism is viable AR + AB + BR < AD + BD and that the linkage remains valid.
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AR? 
  
Ar? 
  
AD? 
  
Ap? 
  
BR? 
  
Br? 
  
BD? 
  
Bp? 
  
AB? 
  
CR? 
  
Cr? 
  
Cp? 
  
check? 
  
Randomly set the parameter values

Path Step size Scale Max Cycles
Line Line Width Line Color Padding

Function code

    function fn(t,p,scale) {  
           if (check==1 )   
               if(!triangle (AD,BD,AB+AR+BR))  
                  if(!triangle (AD,BD,AB-AR-BR))
              
                   {alert("mechanism invalid"); throw("mechanism impossible")}
            d=AB; 
            Ax=AR*cos(t*Ar+Ap);Ay=AR*sin(t*Ar+Ap);
            Bx=BR*cos(t*Br+Bp);By=BR*sin(t*Br+Bp);
            dx=d-(Bx+Ax); dy=By-Ay;
            Cl=Math.sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy);
            AB=Math.atan2(dy,dx)*180/Math.PI;
           if (check==1) 
              if(!triangle(Cl,AD,BD)) {alert("not a triangle: " + Cl +" "+AD+" "+BD); throw("not a triangle");}
            Aa=(AD*AD + Cl*Cl -BD*BD) /(2*Cl*AD) *180/Math.PI;
            AC=(Aa+AB);
            Px=AD*cos(AC);Py=AD*sin(AC);
            Cx=CR*cos(t*Cr+Cp); Cy=CR*sin(t*Cr+Cp);
            X= Px+Ax+Cx; Y= Py+Ay+Cy;
//            console.log(d,Cl,AD,BD,triangle(Cl,AD,BD),)
            return [scale*X,scale*Y]
            }