Python How to get x, y coordinates of offset spline from list of x and y points and offset

Question

I need to create a parallel body with the correction of the profile profile of the aerodynamic profile, but I can’t understand how to make all points equidistant points on the curve of the main profile at the right distance.

this is my example aerodynamic profile

this is my best and bad approach

EDIT @Patrick Solution for 0.2 distance

Answer 1

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def offset(coordinates, distance):
    coordinates = iter(coordinates)
    x1, y1 = coordinates.next()
    z = distance
    points = []
    for x2, y2 in coordinates:
        # tangential slope approximation
        try:
            slope = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1)
            # perpendicular slope
            pslope = -1/slope  # (might be 1/slope depending on direction of travel)
        except ZeroDivisionError:
            continue
        mid_x = (x1 + x2) / 2
        mid_y = (y1 + y2) / 2

        sign = ((pslope > 0) == (x1 > x2)) * 2 - 1

        # if z is the distance to your parallel curve,
        # then your delta-x and delta-y calculations are:
        #   z**2 = x**2 + y**2
        #   y = pslope * x
        #   z**2 = x**2 + (pslope * x)**2
        #   z**2 = x**2 + pslope**2 * x**2
        #   z**2 = (1 + pslope**2) * x**2
        #   z**2 / (1 + pslope**2) = x**2
        #   z / (1 + pslope**2)**0.5 = x

        delta_x = sign * z / ((1 + pslope**2)**0.5)
        delta_y = pslope * delta_x

        points.append((mid_x + delta_x, mid_y + delta_y))
        x1, y1 = x2, y2
    return points

def add_semicircle(x_origin, y_origin, radius, num_x = 50):
    points = []
    for index in range(num_x):
        x = radius * index / num_x
        y = (radius ** 2 - x ** 2) ** 0.5
        points.append((x, -y))
    points += [(x, -y) for x, y in reversed(points)]
    return [(x + x_origin, y + y_origin) for x, y in points]

def round_data(data):
    # Add infinitesimal rounding of the envelope
    assert data[-1] == data[0]
    x0, y0 = data[0]
    x1, y1 = data[1]
    xe, ye = data[-2]

    x = x0 - (x0 - x1) * .01
    y = y0 - (y0 - y1) * .01
    yn = (x - xe) / (x0 - xe) * (y0 - ye) + ye
    data[0] = x, y
    data[-1] = x, yn
    data.extend(add_semicircle(x, (y + yn) / 2, abs((y - yn) / 2)))
    del data[-18:]

from pylab import *

with open('ah79100c.dat', 'rb') as f:
    f.next()
    data = [[float(x) for x in line.split()] for line in f if line.strip()]

t = [x[0] for x in data]
s = [x[1] for x in data]


round_data(data)

parallel = offset(data, 0.1)
t2 = [x[0] for x in parallel]
s2 = [x[1] for x in parallel]

plot(t, s, 'g', t2, s2, 'b', lw=1)

title('Wing with envelope')
grid(True)

axes().set_aspect('equal', 'datalim')

savefig("test.png")
show()

Answer 2

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from StringIO import StringIO
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import requests
import shapely.geometry as shp

# Read the points    
AFURL = 'http://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/coord_seligFmt/ah79100c.dat'
afpts = np.loadtxt(StringIO(requests.get(AFURL).content), skiprows=1)

# Create a Polygon from the nx2 array in `afpts`
afpoly = shp.Polygon(afpts)

# Create offset airfoils, both inward and outward
poffafpoly = afpoly.buffer(0.03)  # Outward offset
noffafpoly = afpoly.buffer(-0.03)  # Inward offset

# Turn polygon points into numpy arrays for plotting
afpolypts = np.array(afpoly.exterior)
poffafpolypts = np.array(poffafpoly.exterior)
noffafpolypts = np.array(noffafpoly.exterior)

# Plot points
plt.plot(*afpolypts.T, color='black')
plt.plot(*poffafpolypts.T, color='red')
plt.plot(*noffafpolypts.T, color='green')
plt.axis('equal')
plt.show()

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