def update_slider(self, s, mode):
newpos={}
#relative mode, add the new slider movement to the old slider position
if mode=='rel':
for axis in self.axes:
newpos[axis]+=s[axis]+self.tpos[axis]
#absolute mode, set the new slider position to whatever we got sent in s
elif mode=='abs':
for axis in self.axes:
newpos[axis]=s[axis]
else:
print("valid modes for update_slider are 'rel' and 'abs'")
res = geo.get_sphere_intersect(self.pos_to_vect('a',s['a']),self.pos_to_vect('b',s['b']),self.pos_to_vect('c',s['c']),self.armlen['a'],self.armlen['b'],self.armlen['c'])
#if the move is actually valid, update the "official" slider positions
if (res is not False):
self.endpoint.pos = res[0]
for axis in self.axes:
self.tpos[axis]=s[axis]
self.arm[axis].pos=self.pos_to_vect(axis,s[axis])
self.arm[axis].axis=res[0]-self.arm[axis].pos
else:
print("the position you want to move to is not reachable. holding still")
def endpoint_setup(self, rad):
endpointpos = geo.get_sphere_intersect(self.vect_to_slider('a'), self.vect_to_slider('b'), self.vect_to_slider('c'),self.armlen['a'],self.armlen['b'],self.armlen['c'])
self.endpoint = sphere (pos=endpointpos[0], radius = rad*.05, make_trail = False , retain = 2000)
