gore

The gore macro facilitates the drafting of gores to create spherical or other roundish objects. They are are typically used in hats.

note

Not a core-plugins macro

The gore macro is not provided by the core plugins, so you need to load the gore plugin explicitly if you want to use it.

Signature

macro('gore', { 
  Point from,
  Number radius,
  Number gores,
  Number extraLength,
  Boolean hidden=true,
  String class='',
  String prefix='',
)

Example

Preview

Code

({ Point, macro, part }) => {

  macro('gore', { 
    from: new Point(0,0),
    radius: 100,
    gores: 6,
    extraLength: 20,
    hidden: false,
    class: 'fabric',
  })
  
  return part
}

X-Ray

Example of the gore macro

Configuration

Property	Default	Type	Description
from		Point	The point to start drafting the gore from
radius		number	The radius of the sphere the gores should cover
gores		number	The number of gores into which the sphere is divided
extraLength		number	The length of the straight section after a complete semisphere
hidden	true	boolean	Whether or not to hide the generated path
class		boolean	Any classes to add to the generated path
prefix		string	A prefix to apply to the names of the generated path and points