For/While Loops in KCL

[jgomez720]

Description

This is for general loop use (everything outside of linear and circular patterns) in KCL

Example code

This should output 5 separate boxes with different dimensions.

for (let i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
  const box = startSketchAt([i,i])
    |> line([0, i], %)
    |> line([i, 0], %)
    |> line([0, -i], %)
    close(%)
    |> extrude(i)
}

[jessfraz]

Ill close mine hahaha #645

[jgomez720]

oh shit lol

[jessfraz]

all good

[jessfraz]

previous thoughts

• KCL gear example kcl-experiments#6 (comment)
• basic loops things needed #453

[adamchalmers]

IMO loops should be used for math algorithms. For duplicating geometry we should use patterns. Patterns are much faster because the engine can optimize and batch.