[OpenSCAD] This could be interesting...

[nop head]

Can you start with an arbitrary large cube and create each facet by
differencing another large cube positioned to slice it off?

On 2 November 2011 15:44, Dan Zuras 3D <threedee at nonabelian.com> wrote:

>
>
>        Andrew,
>
>        Your suggestion is interesting.  Indeed, my original code called
>        for a 2D shape that coincided with the Y-axis & was rotate_extruded
>        from there.  Marius said that the bug I triggered involved just
>        that problem.  So I introduced the overlap (I believe) on his
>        suggestion & here we are today.  I'm not quite sure I completely
>        understand your code snippet but it may be a bit complex for my
>        actual application.
>
>        You see, the code snippets I have been showing here are greatly
>        simplified from the actual code which involves differences with
>        many circles.  I simplified it on the grounds that the simple
>        code still exhibits the problem & is easier to read.
>
>        However, I fear if I were to try your approach it would involve
>        a great many ANDs, ORs, & differences, each of which would be
>        far more involved than I had hoped.
>
>        Still, your approach looks interesting.  I will cogitate on it
>        to see if I can solve the original problem in a similar way.
>
>        Thanks for the suggestion,
>
>
>                                   Dan
>
>
> > From: openscad-request at rocklinux.org
> > Subject: OpenSCAD Digest, Vol 24, Issue 4
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> > Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:18:15 +0100
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> > Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 10:51:55 -0400
> > From: Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org>
> > Subject: Re: [OpenSCAD] Still lost on my journey...
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> > Hey Dan,
> >
> > You can work around the problem by intersection-masking the two parts of
> the 2D shape at the y-axis and unioning the rotate_extruded parts.  Here's
> how I'd tackle it with an "operator" module:
> >
> > --snip--
> >
> > module unitCircle() circle(1,$fn=400);
> > module unitSquare() square([1,1],center=true);
> >
> > module rotate_extrude_masked(mask_window_l=4,convexity=1,fn=5) {
> >   union() for(i=[0:$children-1]) {
> >     rotate_extrude(convexity=convexity,$fn=fn) render() intersection() {
> >       child(i);
> >       translate([0,-mask_window_l/2])
> square([mask_window_l,mask_window_l],center=false);
> >     }
> >     rotate_extrude(convexity=convexity,$fn=fn) render() intersection() {
> >       child(i);
> >       mirror([0,1]) translate([0,-mask_window_l/2])
> square([mask_window_l,mask_window_l],center=false);
> >     }
> >   }
> > }
> >
> > translate([0,0,25]) scale([25,25,25*sqrt(2)])
> >   rotate_extrude_masked(mask_window_l=4,convexity=1,fn=5)
> >     translate([1/2,0]) scale([2,sqrt(2)]) unitSquare();
> >
> > --end-snip--
> >
> > Just set the "mask_window_l" variable to be "sufficiently large" to
> enclose all your pre-extruded 2D shapes.
> >
> > Aside: Out of habit, I limit my 2D operations (like translate(),
> scale(), rotate(), etc) to 2D so I can keep track of when I'm in 2D vs 3D
> operation space.
> >
> > Andrew.
> >
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