imprintShape

Imprint 2-D shape on another shape

Since R2023b

Syntax

imprintShape(shape1,shape2)

iShape = imprintShape(shape1,shape2)

Description

imprintShape(shape1,shape2) imprints a 2-D shape2 on the shape1 and shows the imprinted shape.

iShape = imprintShape(shape1,shape2) imprints a 2-D shape2 on the shape1 and returns the imprinted shape as a shape.Custom3D object.

Examples

Imprint Circle on Box Face

This example shows how to imprint a circular patch on a box face.

Create and view a box. Imprint a rectangle on to a box.

box = shape.Box;
show(box);

Create a circular patch of 0.3 m radius and imprint it on the box face.

circ = shape.Circle(Radius=0.3);
[~] = translate(circ,[0 0 1]);
impShape = imprintShape(box,circ);
show(impShape);
view([64.60 35.80])
annotation("textarrow", [0.8071 0.5214], [0.8514 0.6667], "String", "Imprinted Shape")

Input Arguments

shape1 — Shape to get 2-D imprint

2-D shape object | 3-D shape object

Shape to get a 2-D imprint, specified as either a 2-D or 3-D shape object.

Example: shape.Rectangle

Example: shape.Box

shape2 — 2-D shape to imprint on other shape

2-D shape object

2-D shape to imprint on other shape, specified as a 2-D shape object.

Example: shape.Circle

Output Arguments

iShape — Imprinted shape

shape.Custom3D object (default)

Imprinted shape, returned as a shape.Custom3D object.

Example: shape.Custom3D

Version History

Introduced in R2023b