Block Raised Garden

block-profile.svg

garden.scad

width=6;
depth=3;
total_bricks=width*2+depth*2;
inside_surface_area=(width*16-8)/12 * (depth*16-8)/12;

echo("Total bricks",total_bricks);
echo("Dirt surface Area (sqft)", inside_surface_area);

for (i=[0:1:width-1]){
  translate([i * 16,0,0]) {
    small_block();
    translate([8,0,4])
      block();
  }

  translate([i * 16,depth*16,0]) {
    translate([8,0,0])
      small_block();
    translate([0,0,4])
      block();
  }
}

for (i=[0:1:depth-1]){
  translate([0,i*16,0]) {
    translate([8,8,0]) rotate([0,0,90])
      small_block();
    translate([8,0,4]) rotate([0,0,90])
      block();
  }

  translate([width*16,i*16,0]) {
    translate([8,0,0]) rotate([0,0,90])
      small_block();
    translate([8,8,4]) rotate([0,0,90])
      block();
  }
}

module block() {
  //#cube([16, 8, 8]);
  translate([0,0,3/16]) linear_extrude(height=7+5/8)
    import("block-profile.svg", dpi=25.4);
}

module small_block() {
  //#cube([16,8,4]);
  translate([3/16,3/16,3/16])
    cube([15+5/8,7+5/8,3+5/8]);
}

ECHO: "Total bricks", 18
ECHO: "Dirt surface Area (sqft)", 24.4444