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function drawframe(f)
% Shorteners
q=@triangulation;
j=@polyshape;
K='KeepCollinearPoints';
% Transforms
persistent WX WH
if f==1
%% WORD SHAPE
% Basic idea - draw a word using a text object in a wide
% figure, screen-cap it, then contourit.
fig=figure('Color','w','Vis','of','Pos',[ 100 100 3000 300 ]);
ax=axes(fig,'Vis','off');
t=text(ax,15,15,'MATLAB','Units','pixel',...
'FontSize',30,'FontWeight','bold','FontUnits','Pix',...
'Rot',45,'VerticalA','baseline');
Fr=getframe(ax,t.Extent);
close(fig)
V=contourc(double(flipud(Fr.cdata(:,:,1))),[50 50])';
% Convert contour matrix into polyshape verts
idx=1;
while idx<size(V,1)
n=V(idx,2);
V(idx,:)=nan;
idx=idx+1+n;
end
% Center and scale to unit height
V=(V-min(V))/max(V,[],'all');
% Convert to polyshape so we get a clean triangulation
W1=j(V(2:end,:),K,true);
W1=XP(W1.polybuffer(.006));
%% Create the WordSphere
% Constants
R1=2; % radius of inner/outer part of sphere.
R2=3;
SP=1.5; % Span of the word
T=q(W1);
% Aspects of the triangulation.
V=T.Points; % Get improved V
F=T.ConnectivityList;
E=T.freeBoundary;
% Constants for this shape when computing connecting edges
R=1:size(E,1); % All the boundary edges.
L2=size(V,1); % Layer 2 starts here.
% New triangulation faces
NF=[F; F+L2; % top and bottom
E(R,[2 1 2])+[0 0 L2]; % edges connecting top/bottom
E(R,[1 1 2])+[0 L2 L2];
];
% New border to draw lines on
EF=[E;E+L2];
% Prepare to extrude the word
x=max(V);
T=V(:,1)/x(1)*SP; % Stretch around part of theta
C=2*pi; % circumference
WH=x(2)*C+.1;
%% Word Wrap
WX=hgtransform;
for o=0:2
V2=[cospi(T),sinpi(T),V(:,2)*C+WH*o];
WT=q(NF,[V2.*[R1 R1 1]
V2.*[R2 R2 1]]);
patch(WX,'Vertices',WT.Points,'Faces',WT.ConnectivityList,...
'FaceC','#004b87','FaceA',1,...
'FaceVertexCData',[T;T],...
'EdgeC','n');
patch(WX,'Vertices',WT.Points,'Faces',EF, ... WT.featureEdges(pi/4.5),...
'FaceVertexCData',[],'FaceC','none','EdgeC','#fff00f','LineW',1);
end
clim(clim);
% Prettify
set(gcf,'Color','k');
daspect([1 1 1]);
view([220 15])
set(gca,'pos',[0 0 1 1],'clipping','off');
axis([-3 3 -3 3 0 WH],'off')
camzoom(1.2)
end
% Rotation
rx=f/48*pi*2;
tx=-f/48*WH;
WX.Matrix=makehgtform('zrotate',-rx,'translate',[0 0 tx]);
%% HELPER FCNS
% The below fcns add verticies into a polyshape so that the resolution along
% long edges is high enough so we can bend those edges around curvy shapes.
function ps=XP(psIn)
% Make all long straight edges in the polyshape be made of many short
% segments.
% Get the regions
r=regions(psIn);
% New polyshape should keep all the extra pts we'll be adding.
ps=j();
% Loop over all the regions
for i=1:numel(r)
[x,y]=boundary(r(i),1); % Exclude all the holes in this region
ps=union(ps,XE(x,y),K,true);
end
% Get the holes in those regions
h=holes(psIn);
% Loop over all the holes
for i=1:numel(h)
[x,y]=boundary(h(i),1);
ps=subtract(ps,XE(x,y),K,true);
end
end
function ps=XE(x,y)
% Expand the edges for one polyregion
if x(end)==x(1) && y(end)==y(1)
inp=[x y];
else
inp=[x(end) y(end)% This is a loop, re-add the end
x y];
end
P=[];
for i=2:size(inp,1)
d=norm(inp(i-1,:)-inp(i,:));% distance between adjacent pts
n=max(2,floor(150*d));% n pts to increase it to
if n==2
P=[P%#ok
inp(i-1,:)];
else
%disp expand
xe=linspace(inp(i-1,1),inp(i,1),n)'; % interp
ye=linspace(inp(i-1,2),inp(i,2),n)';
% Add all but last pt to avoid dups
P=[P;%#ok
xe(1:end-1) ye(1:end-1)];
end
end
ps=j(P,K,true);
end
end
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