Expressions

HFD has a built in expression language that handles parameters, math and a handful of useful functions.

Available functionality in expressions

  • +-*/() Normal arithmetic operators.

  • sqrt(arg) Square Root of arg

  • distance(p1,p2) OR distance(x1,y1,x2,y2) The distance between the points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2)

  • angle(p1,p2) OR angle(x1,y1,x2,y2) The angle in degrees of the line described by p1,p2

  • mmToInch(arg) Converts to inches from mm

  • inchToMM(arg) Converts to mm from inches

Parameters

Parameters in any expression are looked up based on the current context.

The order of lookup is as follows

  • Local attributes

  • Local params

  • Parent attributes

  • Parent params

  • … Repeat until Document

  • Document params