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Platonic Solids for OpenScad - v0.2
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A funny thing happened on the way to developing geodesic stuff. I found that I needed to fully develop some Platonic solids. And since I needed to develop 3 of them, I figured I'd develop them all.This thing represents the latest incarnation of the maths_geodesic library, plus extras.First of all, the original maths_geodesic.scad library had a small bug in the 'clean' function which prevented it from properly converting spherical coordinates.There are a few additions:DEGREES() - Already exists in other libraries, convert from radians to degreesRADIANS() - Already exists in other libraries, converst from degrees to radiansdeg(deg,min,sec) - Creates a data structure that holds degrees, minutes, secondsdeg_to_dec(d) - converts from that degrees data structure to decimal formThese will come in handy some time when more spherical and geographic things start to show up.sphu_from_cart(c, rad=1) - Does the same thing as sph_from_cart, but allows you to specify the radius. This is quite handy when you're converting from some cartesian coordinates, and you want to make something with a fixed radius.then there's some things related to polygon math. Figuring out internal angles, and the like. Perhaps the most interesting is figuring out the dihedral angle for a platonic. That comes in handy for some calculations.But, the really new stuff is the set of thing related directly to Platonic solids in the file 'platonic.scad'.First of all, the 5 platonic solids are represented by functions that represent their geometry/topology, in a form suitable for rendering with the polyhedron() module.So:tetrahedron(rad=1)octahedron(rad=1)hexahedron(rad=1)dodecahedron(rad=1)icosahedron(rad=1)You can use it like this:display_polyhedron(icosahedron(20));That will render a icosahedron centered at [0,0,0], with a radius of 20.Being able to set the radius is really handy as you can do things like nest them, or simply create them to the size you need. The fact that they're centered on the origin makes it fairly easy to rotate them around, to whatever orientation you like.The .stl files here just show some casual renderings that can be generated with the test_platonic.scad file. Doing truncations and stellations is fairly straight forward. Even doing hollowed out forms, particularly with duals, is fairly straightforward as well.The only thing that's not here is using the inradius, circumradius, and midradius for doing proper alignment of duals. But, how hard could it be?At any rate, OpenScad now has a tidy little set of Platonic solids to play with.UPDATE: 19082011I have added some .stl files that are renderings of the various solids. The Dodecahedron is actually having a problem in OpenScad. I will debug that one and upload it when it actually works. A very strange bug.UPDATE: 03092011Replaced the platonics.stl, with platonic_set.stl. I have a better dodecahedron now. --- Imported from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:10725 Original creator: WilliamAAdams
Terrarium (aquarium) tank cover clip
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Clip that secures a standard wire mesh cover (with metal frame) on a standard aquarium tank. Clips onto cover with no fasteners, then snaps over edge of frame on tank. Sketchup file included in case you want to tweak it. --- Imported from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:8905 Original creator: Dithermaster
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3d
Statue of Liberty Edited: Book on Hip
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I edited the file to make the book attach to the hip as suggested by Bre. I don't have a MakerBot, but I did this for you guys, so let me know if it works! It looks a little funky, but the final print will look better now than if it started printed in mid-air. --- Imported from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1128 Original creator: QuasiFandango
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figurine
Gosper Island
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Make 49 of these and you'll see the repeating pattern of the Gosper Island (okay, you can actually do with 7, but 49 is much more fun!)... --- Imported from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1038 Original creator: SimonFront
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experiment
Makerbot Ornament
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Here's my attempt at a Christmas Ornament in the shape of a Makerbot. This was pretty fun to make, but came out smaller than I thought due to a conversion issue in Rhino. Good thing I'm not plotting a course to Mars...The large version is just under 3cm wide. The small one is scaled by 75%.This ornament obeys the three laws of robotics. --- Imported from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1371 Original creator: rplumley
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Laser Focus Jig
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It's a little focus jig used to set up the distance between the lens and the material to cut.Made from a similar jig observed in use with a Trotec Laser.Actually used with an HPC Laserscript 6040. --- Imported from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:17276 Original creator: watsdesign
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focus
Reggie Watts
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http://www.reggiewatts.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Watts --- Imported from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:9825 Original creator: Friends
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Warning: Will Burn Your House Down
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Inspired by aubenc's "don't do it - hot end" ( http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:9319 ). SVG graphics for when you know it's not a good idea, but you've gotta do it anyway. --- Imported from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:9342 Original creator: EverydayInventors
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caution
ToM filament guide
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A shameless copy of the original. I needed some design practice and thought I could add a support such as MakeALot did. I'm not sure ho tall the original one was but this one is 100mm. It is designed from scratch in Inventor. --- Imported from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:8588 Original creator: epideath
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Low poly (but still) klein bottle
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Quick, easy and dirty OpenSCAD to make a low poly klein bottle.Ehem...Quick? Not as much as I thought (1h-1h30)Easy? Easy would have been using cylinders $fn=3 instead of polyhedrons!Dirty? Yes! It looks like a parametric thing but it's NOT!Low Poly? Neither, OpenScad reports 40 faces but there's some misalignment that's adding 4 more than needed. --- Imported from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:12447 Original creator: aubenc
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Nikola Tesla
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TSP art rendition of Nikola Tesla suitable for drawing on an egg or lightbulb with an eggbot. --- Imported from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4422 Original creator: dnewman
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egg-bot
French Curve
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--- Imported from Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:8654 Original creator: cattrain
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openscad