John Salerno wrote: > Setting aside, for the moment, the utility of this method or even if > there's a better way, I'm wondering if this is an efficient way to do > it. I admit, there was some copying and pasting, which is what prompts > me to ask the question. Here's the method. (I hope it looks ok, because > it looks really weird for me right now) > > def _create_3D_xhatches(): > for x in xrange(-axis_length, axis_length + 1): > if x == 0: continue > visual.cylinder(pos=(x,-hatch_length,0), > axis=(0,hatch_length*2,0), radius=hatch_radius) > visual.cylinder(pos=(x,0,-hatch_length), > axis=(0,0,hatch_length*2), radius=hatch_radius) > visual.cylinder(pos=(-hatch_length,x,0), > axis=(hatch_length*2,0,0), radius=hatch_radius) > visual.cylinder(pos=(0,x,-hatch_length), > axis=(0,0,hatch_length*2), radius=hatch_radius) > visual.cylinder(pos=(-hatch_length,0,x), > axis=(hatch_length*2,0,0), radius=hatch_radius) > visual.cylinder(pos=(0,-hatch_length,x), > axis=(0,hatch_length*2,0), radius=hatch_radius) > > Since each call to cylinder requires a slightly different format, I > figured I had to do it this way. > > Thanks.
Your parameters don't follow an unambiguous pattern. Probably best is to code the parameters as a set of tuples and iterate over them. James -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
