Added better example023 with test output.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/examples/example023.scad b/examples/example023.scad
index 3f59264..1332899 100644
--- a/examples/example023.scad
+++ b/examples/example023.scad
@@ -1,30 +1,20 @@
-// MCAD/fonts.scad with search() function example.
+// Example combining MCAD/fonts.scad with search() function.
 
 use <MCAD/fonts.scad>
 
 thisFont=8bit_polyfont();
-thisText="OpenSCAD Rocks!";
-// Find one letter matches from 2nd column (index 1)
-theseIndicies=search(thisText,thisFont[2],1,1);
-// Letter spacing, x direction.
 x_shift=thisFont[0][0];
 y_shift=thisFont[0][1];
-echo(theseIndicies);
-// Simple polygon usage.
-for(i=[0:len(theseIndicies)-1]) translate([i*x_shift-len(theseIndicies)*x_shift/2,0]) {
-  polygon(points=thisFont[2][theseIndicies[i]][6][0],paths=thisFont[2][theseIndicies[i]][6][1]);
-}
 
-theseIndicies2=search("ABC",thisFont[2],1,1);
-// outline_2d() example
-for(i=[0:len(theseIndicies2)-1]) translate([i*x_shift-len(theseIndicies2)*x_shift,-y_shift]) {
-  outline_2d(outline=true,points=thisFont[2][theseIndicies2[i]][6][0],paths=thisFont[2][theseIndicies2[i]][6][1],width=0.25);
-}
+hours=["one","two","three","four","five","six","seven","eight","nine","ten","eleven","twelve"];
 
-theseIndicies3=search("123",thisFont[2],1,1);
-// bold_2d() outline_2d(false) example
-for(i=[0:len(theseIndicies3)-1]) translate([i*x_shift,-2*y_shift]) {
-  bold_2d(bold=true,width=0.25,resolution=8)
-    outline_2d(false,thisFont[2][theseIndicies3[i]][6][0],thisFont[2][theseIndicies3[i]][6][1]);
+module clock_hour_words(word_offset=20.0,word_height=2.0) {
+  for(i=[0:(len(hours)-1)]) assign( hourHandAngle=(i+1)*360/len(hours), theseIndicies=search(hours[i],thisFont[2],1,1) ) {
+    rotate(90-hourHandAngle) translate([word_offset,0])
+      for( j=[0:(len(theseIndicies)-1)] ) translate([j*x_shift,-y_shift/2]) {
+        linear_extrude(height=word_height) polygon(points=thisFont[2][theseIndicies[j]][6][0],paths=thisFont[2][theseIndicies[j]][6][1]);
+      }
+  }
 }
 
+clock_hour_words(word_offset=16.0,word_height=5.0);