Parametric twisted star box by rhmorrison

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Parametric twisted star box

rhmorrison

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Published on August 19, 2012

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Twisted star box

by kintel

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Description

I liked the twisted star box (which is also parametric) but it requires not only Art of Illusion but also a special under development and undocumented MetaCADEvaluator plugin that is part of the development version of CSGEvaluator for Art of Illusion:
objects.reprap.org/wiki/Builders/Metalab/AoI_CSG_Evaluator

and since I wanted a box with very specific dimensions I decided to make a version using my tool of choice - OpenSCAD!

File size < 3k instead of 12k! :-)

Instructions

There are three primary variables:
1. the inner radius (i.e. the size of the hole),
2. the wall Thickness (used for top, bottom and lip) and
3. the star box Height (the height of the box w/o the lip/top).

The remaining variables:
sbLip, tFactor and tGap can be changed if desired.
They are documented in the SCAD design file.

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moltenplastic on October 27, 2012 said:

Mine came out perfect. The ridges left behind by the layer height steps makes for a nice fit. nice job!

Chazah on September 21, 2012 said:

The lid wont fit here ..

rhmorrison on September 26, 2012 said:

Then increase the value for tGap and only create the top, save as STL and print.

babolatpdtp on August 27, 2012 said:

I'm still printing mine, will post the final result when it's done. Your's is a lot smoother than mine. Mine has these lines that travel up diagonally through the whole box. But it's consistent... it's not random so i don't get why it's doing it.