Conformal Spiral to Body

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Summary

This custom block creates a spiral that is conformal to an implicit body.

Field	Value
ID	`conformal-spiral-to-body`
Type	Block
Author	nTop
Version	1.0.0
nTop Version	5.44+
Domain	Geometry
Complexity	Beginner
Tags	`conformal`, `spiral`, `implicit`, `surface-mapping`, `curve`
License	MIT
Verified	Yes

This custom block creates a spiral that is conformal to an implicit body.

Clone this repo or copy the package folder into your nTop workspace:

git clone https://github.com/nTopology/Utilities.git

The package lives at packages/ntop/conformal-spiral-to-body/.

Name	Type	Description
`Implicit Body`	Implicit Body	Body that the spiral will conform to
`Starting Point`	Point	Starting point of the spiral (recommended: bottom center point of the implicit body)
`Spiral Direction`	Vector	The normal direction the spiral will rotate around
`Number of Rotations`	Scalar	The number of rotations in the spiral
`Tolerance`	Scalar	Used in operations to create the conformal curve. Decrease if the curve is not conformal; increase if the block is slow to compute
`Increment Size`	Scalar	Controls the number of points used to generate the spiral. A smaller value produces a better-conforming spline

Name	Type	Description
`Final Spiral`	spline	Orients the Spline to ensure it wraps around the implicit body

MIT.