diff --git a/assets/icons/mesh.hex.blocks.svg b/assets/icons/mesh.cells.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/icons/mesh.hex.blocks.svg
rename to assets/icons/mesh.cells.svg
diff --git a/assets/icons/mesh.hex.blocks.vectorcraft b/assets/icons/mesh.cells.vectorcraft
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/icons/mesh.hex.blocks.vectorcraft
rename to assets/icons/mesh.cells.vectorcraft
diff --git a/assets/icons/mesh.hex.mapped.svg b/assets/icons/mesh.hex.generate.svg
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/icons/mesh.hex.mapped.svg
rename to assets/icons/mesh.hex.generate.svg
diff --git a/assets/icons/mesh.hex.mapped.vectorcraft b/assets/icons/mesh.hex.generate.vectorcraft
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/icons/mesh.hex.mapped.vectorcraft
rename to assets/icons/mesh.hex.generate.vectorcraft
diff --git a/assets/icons/mesh.hex.sweep.svg b/assets/icons/mesh.hex.sweep.svg
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a5494e..0000000
--- a/assets/icons/mesh.hex.sweep.svg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-
-
diff --git a/assets/icons/mesh.hex.sweep.vectorcraft b/assets/icons/mesh.hex.sweep.vectorcraft
deleted file mode 100644
index 82fb4de..0000000
Binary files a/assets/icons/mesh.hex.sweep.vectorcraft and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/assets/icons/src/mesh.hex.blocks.json b/assets/icons/src/mesh.cells.json
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/icons/src/mesh.hex.blocks.json
rename to assets/icons/src/mesh.cells.json
diff --git a/assets/icons/src/mesh.hex.mapped.json b/assets/icons/src/mesh.hex.generate.json
similarity index 100%
rename from assets/icons/src/mesh.hex.mapped.json
rename to assets/icons/src/mesh.hex.generate.json
diff --git a/assets/icons/src/mesh.hex.sweep.json b/assets/icons/src/mesh.hex.sweep.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 571b39a..0000000
--- a/assets/icons/src/mesh.hex.sweep.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"shapes": [{"rect": [3, 8, 9, 9], "fill": "soft", "stroke": "line"}, {"d": "M7.5 8 L7.5 17 M3 12.5 L12 12.5", "stroke": "line", "width": 1}, {"d": "M3 8 L8 4 L21 4 L21 13 L12 17 M12 8 L21 4", "stroke": "line", "width": 1.25}, {"d": "M14 13 L20 10 M18.17 12.63 L20 10 L16.8 9.88", "stroke": "accent", "width": 1.5}]}
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/cmd/forms.rs b/crates/engine/src/cmd/forms.rs
index ccbf518..59ec434 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/cmd/forms.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/cmd/forms.rs
@@ -999,7 +999,11 @@ pub const HEX_GENERATE: &[Field] = &[
"Method",
&[("auto", "Automatic"), ("swept", "Any sweep"), ("extrude", "Extrude"), ("sweep", "Sweep"), ("revolve", "Revolve"), ("mapped", "Mapped")],
)
- .help("How to build the hexes: automatic, or a sweep, extrusion, revolution or mapped mesh.")
+ .help(
+ "How to build the hexes. Automatic tries, in order, an extrusion, a sweep, a revolution and a mapped block, and \
+ uses the first that fits; Any sweep tries the first three.",
+ )
+ .notes(HEX_METHOD_NOTES)
.def("\"auto\""),
TOLERANCE,
WELD,
@@ -1007,6 +1011,16 @@ pub const HEX_GENERATE: &[Field] = &[
FEATURE_ANGLE,
];
+/// What each structured hex method needs of the body, one line each.
+const HEX_METHOD_NOTES: &[(&str, &str)] = &[
+ ("auto", "Automatic: the first of Extrude, Sweep, Revolve and Mapped that fits the body."),
+ ("swept", "Any sweep: the first of Extrude, Sweep and Revolve that fits the body."),
+ ("extrude", "Extrude: the body must be one cross-section carried along a straight direction (levels allowed)."),
+ ("sweep", "Sweep: a source face carried to a target face through four-sided linking faces."),
+ ("revolve", "Revolve: the body must be one cross-section turned around an axis."),
+ ("mapped", "Mapped: the body must have six sides, each with four edges (curved faces allowed)."),
+];
+
pub const HEX_SWEEP: &[Field] = &[
BODY,
SURFACE,
@@ -1014,6 +1028,7 @@ pub const HEX_SWEEP: &[Field] = &[
HEX_ORDER,
choice("method", "Method", &[("swept", "Any sweep"), ("extrude", "Extrude"), ("sweep", "Sweep"), ("revolve", "Revolve")])
.help("How to sweep: any sweep, extrusion, sweep along a path or revolution.")
+ .notes(HEX_METHOD_NOTES)
.def("\"swept\""),
TOLERANCE,
WELD,
@@ -1039,8 +1054,13 @@ pub const CELLS: &[Field] = &[
json("methods", "Methods")
.help("The meshing method per cell, as JSON.")
.hint(r#"{"cell": "auto | hex | swept | extrude | sweep | revolve | mapped | tet"}"#),
- choice("default", "Other cells", &[("auto", "Auto (hex, else tet)"), ("hex", "Hex"), ("swept", "Swept"), ("mapped", "Mapped"), ("tet", "Tet")])
- .help("The method for cells not listed in Methods.")
+ choice(
+ "default",
+ "Other cells",
+ &[("auto", "Auto (hex, else tet)"), ("hex", "Hex"), ("swept", "Swept"), ("mapped", "Mapped"), ("tet", "Tet"), ("blocks", "All hex (conforming blocks)")],
+ )
+ .help("The method for cells not listed in Methods. All hex meshes every cell as a mapped block, with the division counts of all cells assigned together so shared faces match (mesh.hex.blocks).")
+ .notes(&[("blocks", "All hex: every cell must have six sides, each with four edges; leave Methods empty.")])
.def("\"auto\""),
references("bodies", "Cells", C::Body).help("The cells (bodies) to mesh; every body of the design when empty.").hint("every body of the design"),
HEX_SIZE,
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/schema.rs b/crates/engine/src/schema.rs
index bc60f1f..17154d9 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/schema.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/schema.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ pub struct Field {
/// What the field means, in a sentence or two, with a typical value: the form's tooltip and
/// the JSON Schema description. The unit is added from the field's dimension ([`Field::help_text`]).
pub help: &'static str,
+ /// For a [`Kind::Choice`]: a one-line note per option value (what it needs), shown under the
+ /// field for the option chosen.
+ pub notes: &'static [(&'static str, &'static str)],
}
/// What a field holds.
@@ -306,7 +309,7 @@ impl Dim {
// ---- Building fields (const, so schemas are static tables) ----
const fn field(key: &'static str, label: &'static str, kind: Kind) -> Field {
- Field { key, label, kind, required: false, default: None, hint: "", help: "" }
+ Field { key, label, kind, required: false, default: None, hint: "", help: "", notes: &[] }
}
impl Field {
@@ -327,6 +330,16 @@ impl Field {
Field { help, ..self }
}
+ /// A one-line note per option value ([`Field::notes`]).
+ pub const fn notes(self, notes: &'static [(&'static str, &'static str)]) -> Field {
+ Field { notes, ..self }
+ }
+ /// The note for this option value (the default when `None`).
+ pub fn note(&self, value: Option<&str>) -> Option<&'static str> {
+ let value = value.or_else(|| self.default.map(|d| d.trim_matches('"')))?;
+ self.notes.iter().find(|(v, _)| *v == value).map(|(_, n)| *n)
+ }
+
/// Its physical dimension, for a number or a vector of numbers.
pub fn dim(&self) -> Option {
match self.kind {
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/form.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/form.rs
index 0b83e24..6656034 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/form.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/form.rs
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ impl Form<'_> {
};
self.touch(&path);
}
+ if let Some(note) = f.note(obj.get(f.key).and_then(Value::as_str)) {
+ fields::note(ui, &self.style, note, self.style.dim);
+ }
if let Kind::Either(options) = f.kind {
self.either_value(ui, f, options, obj, &path);
}