doc tweaks

Author: adrianVmariano

distributors.scad

@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@
 //   Two workarounds exist, neither of which are needed in newer versions of OpenSCAD.  The workarounds solve the problem because
 //   **modules** execute after their parent, so the `$` variables **are** available in modules.  You can put your assignments
 //   in a `let()` module, or you can wrap your child in a `union()`.  Both methods appear below.
-//   ```
+// Figure(2D,NoScales): This example shows how we can use `$idx` to produce **different** geometry at each index.
 //   xcopies(n=10, spacing=10)
 //     text(str($idx));
+// Continues:
 //   ```
-// Figure(2D): This example shows how we can use `$idx` to produce **different** geometry at each index.
 //   xcopies(n=10, spacing=10)
 //     text(str($idx));
-// Continues:
-// Figure(2D): Here the children are sometimes squares and sometimes circles as determined by the conditional `if` module. This use of `if` is OK because no variables are assigned.  
+//   ```
+// Figure(2D,NoScales): Here the children are sometimes squares and sometimes circles as determined by the conditional `if` module. This use of `if` is OK because no variables are assigned.  
 //   xcopies(n=4, spacing=10)
 //     if($idx%2==0) circle(r=3,$fn=16);
 //     else rect(6);
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 //     if($idx%2==0) circle(r=3,$fn=16);
 //     else rect(6);
 //   ```
-// Figure(2D): Suppose we would like to color odd and even index copies differently.  In this example we compute the color for a given child from `$idx` using the ternary operator.  The `let()` module is a module that sets variables and makes them available to its children.  Note that multiple assignments in `let()` are separated by commas, not semicolons.  
+// Figure(2D,NoScales): Suppose we would like to color odd and even index copies differently.  In this example we compute the color for a given child from `$idx` using the ternary operator.  The `let()` module is a module that sets variables and makes them available to its children.  Note that multiple assignments in `let()` are separated by commas, not semicolons.  
 //   xcopies(n=6, spacing=10){
 //       let(c = $idx % 2 == 0 ? "red" : "green")
 //           color(c) rect(6);
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 //           color(c) rect(6);
 //   }
 //   ```
-// Figure(2D):  This example shows how you can change the position of children adaptively.  If you want to avoid repeating your code for each case, this requires storing a transformation matrix in a variable and then applying it using `multmatrix()`.  We wrap our code in `union()` to ensure that it works in OpenSCAD 2021.01.  
+// Figure(2D,NoScales):  This example shows how you can change the position of children adaptively.  If you want to avoid repeating your code for each case, this requires storing a transformation matrix in a variable and then applying it using `multmatrix()`.  We wrap our code in `union()` to ensure that it works in OpenSCAD 2021.01.  
 //   xcopies(n=5,spacing=10)
 //     union()
 //     {
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
 //   xcopies(n=5,spacing=10)
 //     union()
 //     {
-//       shiftback = $idx%2==0 ? back(5) : IDENT;
+//       shiftback = $idx%2==0 ? back(10) : IDENT;
 //       spin = zrot(180*$idx/4);
-//       multmatrix(shiftback*spin) stroke([[-4,0],[4,0]],endcap2="arrow2",width=1/2);
+//       multmatrix(shiftback*spin) stroke([[-4,0],[4,0]],endcap2="arrow2",width=3/4,color="red");
 //     }
 //   ```
 
@@ -473,31 +473,31 @@ function zcopies(spacing, n, l, sp, p=_NO_ARG) =
 // See Also: move_copies(), xcopies(), ycopies(), zcopies(), line_copies(), rot_copies(), xrot_copies(), yrot_copies(), zrot_copies(), arc_copies(), sphere_copies()
 //
 // Examples:
-//   line_copies(10) sphere(d=1);
-//   line_copies(10, n=5) sphere(d=1);
-//   line_copies([10,5], n=5) sphere(d=1);
-//   line_copies(spacing=10, n=6) sphere(d=1);
-//   line_copies(spacing=[10,5], n=6) sphere(d=1);
-//   line_copies(spacing=10, l=50) sphere(d=1);
-//   line_copies(spacing=10, l=[50,30]) sphere(d=1);
-//   line_copies(spacing=[10,5], l=50) sphere(d=1);
-//   line_copies(l=50, n=4) sphere(d=1);
-//   line_copies(l=[50,-30], n=4) sphere(d=1);
+//   line_copies(10) sphere(d=1.5);
+//   line_copies(10, n=5) sphere(d=3);
+//   line_copies([10,5], n=5) sphere(d=3);
+//   line_copies(spacing=10, n=6) sphere(d=3);
+//   line_copies(spacing=[10,5], n=6) sphere(d=3);
+//   line_copies(spacing=10, l=50) sphere(d=3);
+//   line_copies(spacing=10, l=[50,30]) sphere(d=3);
+//   line_copies(spacing=[10,5], l=50) sphere(d=3);
+//   line_copies(l=50, n=4) sphere(d=3);
+//   line_copies(l=[50,-30], n=4) sphere(d=3);
 // Example(FlatSpin,VPD=133):
-//   line_copies(p1=[0,0,0], p2=[5,5,20], n=6) cube(size=[3,2,1],center=true);
+//   line_copies(p1=[0,0,0], p2=[5,5,20], n=6) cuboid([3,2,1]);
 // Example(FlatSpin,VPD=133):
-//   line_copies(p1=[0,0,0], p2=[5,5,20], spacing=6) cube(size=[3,2,1],center=true);
+//   line_copies(p1=[0,0,0], p2=[5,5,20], spacing=6) cuboid([3,2,1]);
 // Example: All children are copied to each position
 //   line_copies(l=20, n=3) {
 //       cube(size=[1,3,1],center=true);
 //       cube(size=[3,1,1],center=true);
 //   }
 // Example(2D): The functional form of line_copies() returns a list of transform matrices.
 //   mats = line_copies([10,5],n=5);
-//   for (m = mats) multmatrix(m)  circle(d=2);
+//   for (m = mats) multmatrix(m)  circle(d=3);
 // Example(2D): The functional form of line_copies() returns a list of points if given a point.
 //   pts = line_copies([10,5],n=5,p=[0,0,0]);
-//   move_copies(pts) circle(d=2);
+//   move_copies(pts) circle(d=3);
 
 module line_of(spacing, n, l, p1, p2) {
     deprecate("line_copies");