Partial rotate_extrude (OpenSCAD) working with 0 radius
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Published on December 13, 2012
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Partial Rotate Extrude (OpenSCAD)
by CarryTheWhat
Description
While designing an object for my 3D printer, I used the partial_rotate_extrude provided by CarryTheWhat. However, I realized that his routine did not work with a zero radius. I slightly modified the script to account for a new parameter to permit a partial_rotate_extrude working with a translation radius of zero.
Instructions
Use (same as rotate_extrude):
partial_rotate_extrude(angle = 90, radius = 3, axial_range= 5, convex = 20) circle(5);
This will extrude the circle for `angle` degrees about the origin at a distance of `radius`. The 'axial_range' is the object's dimension perpendicular to the rotation axis. The convexity parameter is the same as in rotate_extrude, see en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/2D_to_3D_Extrusion
More elaborate example, inspired from the 'extruding a polygon' manual section:
partial_rotate_extrude(angle = 255, radius = 0, axial_range = 5, convex = 10) polygon( points=[[0,0],[2,1],[1,2],[1,3],[3,4],[0,5]] );
Copy/Paste access:
module pie_slice(radius, angle, step) {
for(theta = [0:step:angle-step]) {
rotate([0,0,0]) linear_extrude(height = radius*2, center=true)
polygon( points = [[0,0],[radius * cos(theta+step) ,radius * sin(theta+step)],[radius*cos(theta),radius*sin(theta)]]);
}}
module partial_rotate_extrude(angle, radius, axial_range, convex) {
intersection () {
rotate_extrude(convexity=convex) translate([radius,0,0]) child(0);
pie_slice(radius + axial_range, angle, angle/10);
}}
partial_rotate_extrude(angle = 90, radius = 3, axial_range= 5, convex = 20) circle(5);
This will extrude the circle for `angle` degrees about the origin at a distance of `radius`. The 'axial_range' is the object's dimension perpendicular to the rotation axis. The convexity parameter is the same as in rotate_extrude, see en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/2D_to_3D_Extrusion
More elaborate example, inspired from the 'extruding a polygon' manual section:
partial_rotate_extrude(angle = 255, radius = 0, axial_range = 5, convex = 10) polygon( points=[[0,0],[2,1],[1,2],[1,3],[3,4],[0,5]] );
Copy/Paste access:
module pie_slice(radius, angle, step) {
for(theta = [0:step:angle-step]) {
rotate([0,0,0]) linear_extrude(height = radius*2, center=true)
polygon( points = [[0,0],[radius * cos(theta+step) ,radius * sin(theta+step)],[radius*cos(theta),radius*sin(theta)]]);
}}
module partial_rotate_extrude(angle, radius, axial_range, convex) {
intersection () {
rotate_extrude(convexity=convex) translate([radius,0,0]) child(0);
pie_slice(radius + axial_range, angle, angle/10);
}}
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License
Partial rotate_extrude (OpenSCAD) working with 0 radius by florianlb is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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hey awesome!! This is great, thanks for the fix :)
You're welcome. Happy it helps you! :)