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Generate support fins in OpenSCAD
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| include <BOSL2/std.scad>; | |
| module support_fin(raft_diameter, raft_thickness, fin_thickness) { | |
| other = raft_diameter / sqrt(2); | |
| translate([0, 0, other - raft_thickness]) | |
| union() { | |
| // raft | |
| translate([0, 0, -other + raft_thickness]) | |
| linear_extrude(raft_thickness) | |
| circle(other + 1); // raft is slightly outset | |
| // fin | |
| xrot(-90) | |
| translate([0, 0.2, -raft_thickness]) | |
| linear_extrude(fin_thickness) | |
| polygon([ | |
| [0, 0], | |
| [other - raft_thickness * 1.5, other - raft_thickness * 1.5], | |
| [-other + raft_thickness * 1.5, other - raft_thickness * 1.5] | |
| ]); | |
| // sprues | |
| for (i = [1 : 5 : other]) { | |
| xrot(180) | |
| translate([i, -0.1, i]) | |
| linear_extrude(0.2) | |
| polygon([ | |
| [-1, -0.1], | |
| [1, -0.1], | |
| [1, 0.1], | |
| [-1, 0.1] | |
| ]); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| } | |
| support_fin(50, 0.6, 1.2); |
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