Doors and Windows

When we think of building something in a new world, the first thing come to mind is to build houses. We have walls already, let's build doors and windows in this lesson.

Gate

With two columns and a beam on the top, we can build a simple gate structure:

Call column(), bar_x()

# Gate Structure, h:height, w:width
def gate(x,z,h,w,m):
   column(x,z,h,m)
   column(x+w, z,h,m)
   bar_x(x, h, z, w, m) 

gate(10, -20, 10, 8, 29)        # oak gate

Standard Door

Let's design a standard size door with height:10, width:5, here is the doorFrame:

# doorFrame, height 10, width 5
def doorFrame(x,z,m):
   column(x,z,10,m)
   column(x+w, z,10,m)
   bar_x(x, h, z, 5, m)

Build a glass door on a wall

The process is: build a stone wall, build a oak door frame in the middle, then inside the frame build a piece of 'diamond' panel (looks like glass)

# useful functions: wall(x,z,h,w,m), doorFrame(x,z,m)
wall(0,-10,40,40, 2)    # a stone wall

doorFrame(5, -10, 32)   # oak door frame
wall(6,-10,9,4,3)       # diamond panel

Or we can build a 'glass_brown'(6) panel inside the door frame that looks like a iron door.

doorFrame(12, -10, 32)    
wall(13,-10,9,4, 6)       # 'glass_brown'

A Door that can go through

Next thought, what if we want a real door that we can pass through?

Remember in previous lesson about dictionary and materials? We can add 'air' block to materials dictionary, then build a small piece of 'air' wall inside the door frame, the effect is removing the stone blocks away and leave a hole inside the frame.

Let's try it:

# add `air` to `materials`
materials['air'] = 0

# make 'air' panel inside door frame
doorFrame(19, -10, 32)
wall(20,-10,9,4, 0)         # 'air' panel

Function door(x,z,m)

Wrap up the previous code and define a function to make a door (this door has double frame for better looking)

def door(x,z,m):
  materials['air'] = 0    # skip this line if it's already in previous lines

  doorFrame(x,z,m)
  doorFrame(x,z+1,m)
  wall(x+1,z,9,4,0)

# build a door
door(28,-10,50)       # a red double frame door

See the picture to understand the process of making a door.

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save here, for code editor, no auto save now, 10/4/17

#wall
def wall(x,z,h,w,m):
  for i in range(x,(x+w)):
    column(i,z,h,m)

wall(0,-10,40,40, 2)

materials['air'] = 0

def doorFrame(x,z,m):
    column(x,z,10,m)                  # latest column is columnM
    column(x+5, z,10,m)
    bar_x(x, 10, z, 5, m)    

doorFrame(5, -10, 32)     
wall(6,-10,9,4,3)

doorFrame(12, -10, 32)    
wall(13,-10,9,4, 6)

doorFrame(19, -10, 32)
wall(20,-10,9,4, 0)


def door(x,z,m):
  materials['air'] = 0

  doorFrame(x,z,m)
  doorFrame(x,z+1,m)
  wall(x+1,z,9,4,0)

door(28,-10,50) 

# build a window
flat_xy(3,12,-10,9,7, 0)
windowFrame(2,11,-10,10,8, 4)

# window should have even number h, w
def window(x,y,z,h,w,m):
  flat_xy(x+1, y+1, z, h-1, w-1, 0)    # 'air' panel
  windowFrame(x,y,z,h,w,m)

def windowBrown(x,y,z,h,w,m):
  flat_xy(x+1, y+1, z, h-1, w-1, 6)  # 'glass_brown'
  windowFrame(x,y,z,h,w,m)  

window(15, 15,-10, 10,6, 44)        # light blue
windowBrown(25, 15, -10, 8, 8, 43)  # green

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Windows

We have doors, of cause we need windows.

Process to build a window: On an existing wall build a 'glass' or 'air' panel; around the glass/air panel build a window frame, inside the frame, you can add some bars

# bar_x
def bar_x(x,y,z,length, m):
    for i in range(x,x+length):
        block(i, y, z, m)
# bar_y
def bar_y(x,y,z,length, m):
    for j in range(y,y+length):
        block(x, j, z, m)
# flat_xy
def flat_xy(x,y,z,h,w,m):
    for j in range(y, y+h):
        bar_x(x,j,z,w,m) 

# window should have even number h, w
def windowFrame(x,y,z,h,w,m):
  bar_x(x,y,z,w,m)
  bar_x(x, y+h,z,w,m)
  bar_y(x,y,z,h, m)
  bar_y(x+w, y,z, h+1, m)

  bar_x(x, y+h/2, z,w,m)
  bar_y(x+w/2, y,z,h,m)

flat_xy(3,12,-10,9,7, 0)

windowFrame(2,11,-10,10,8, 4)

Function: A clear window

def window(x,y,z,h,w,m):
  flat_xy(x+1, y+1, z, h-1, w-1, 0)      # 'air' panel
  windowFrame(x,y,z,h,w,m)

A 'glass_brown' window

def windowBrown(x,y,z,h,w,m):
  flat_xy(x+1, y+1, z, h-1, w-1, 6)      # 'glass_brown' panel
  windowFrame(x,y,z,h,w,m)

See these windows:

window(15, 15,-10, 10,6, 44)     # light blue
windowBrown(25, 15, -10, 8, 8, 43)   # green

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(a reminder note: later after learning 'Events', build a 'glass_brown' door, then when clicking on the door knob, the door opens as 'air' door so we can go through. ( at the side, build flat_xz('glass_brown') panel looks like the door is open)