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CGA Shape Grammar Reference

Shape Operations

alignScopeToAxes

alignScopeToGeometry

center

color

comp

convexify

deleteUV

extrude

innerRect

i (insert)

mirror

mirrorScope

normalizeUV

NIL

offset

pop

print

projectUV

push

r (scope rotate)

report

reverseNormals

roofGable

roofHip

roofPyramid

roofShed

rotate

rotateScope

rotateUV

s (scope size)

scaleUV

scatter

set

setback

setPivot

setupProjection

shapeL

shapeU

shapeO

split

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t (scope translate)

taper

texture

tileUV

translate

translateUV

trim

Shape Attributes
comp seedian initialShape scope material split pivot trim

Builtin Functions
Math
abs atan2 floor log10 sqrt acos ceil isinf pow tan asin cos isnan rint atan exp ln sin

Probability
p rand

Conversion
bool float sel str

String
count find len substring

Geometry
geometry.area geometry.du/dv geometry.isConcave geometry.isPlanar

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geometry.isRectangular geometry.volume geometry.nEdges geometry.nFaces geometry.nVertices

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File
fileExists fileSearch

Assets and Images

assetInfo imagesSortRatio assetsSortRatio assetsSortSize imageInfo

Occlusion
inside overlaps touches

Misc
convert

Other
Simple Types Operations version attr const import

CGA Utility Functions Library

String Utility Functions
findFirst getSuffix findLast replace getPrefix getRange

String List Utility Functions

Stringlists are a series of strings stored inside one string. The elements are separated by a semicolon (";"). The data type is "string", thus it is not any real type of array as used in other scripting languages.

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listAdd listItem listSize listClean listLast listFirst listRandom listIndex listRange

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File, Asset and Image Utility Functions

assetApproxRatio assetFitSize fileName assetApproxSize fileBasename fileRandom assetBestRatio fileDirectory imageApproxRatio assetBestSize fileExtension imageBestRatio

Misc
CGA Changelog Asset Search Builtin Assets

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