constants.scad
Useful Constants. To use this, add the following line to the top of your file.
include <BOSL/constants.scad>
Description: The printer specific amount of slop in mm to print with to make parts fit exactly. You may need to override this value for your printer.
Vectors useful for rotate(), mirror(), and align arguments for cuboid(), cyl(), etc.
Description: Vector pointing left. [-1,0,0]
Example: Usage with align
cuboid(20, align=V_LEFT);
Description: Vector pointing right. [1,0,0]
Example: Usage with align
cuboid(20, align=V_RIGHT);
Description: Vector pointing forward. [0,-1,0]
Example: Usage with align
cuboid(20, align=V_FWD);
Description: Vector pointing back. [0,1,0]
Example: Usage with align
cuboid(20, align=V_BACK);
Description: Vector pointing down. [0,0,-1]
Example: Usage with align
cuboid(20, align=V_DOWN);
Description: Vector pointing up. [0,0,1]
Example: Usage with align
cuboid(20, align=V_UP);
Description: Vector pointing right, back, and up. [1,1,1]
Example: Usage with align
cuboid(20, align=V_ALLPOS);
Description: Vector pointing left, forwards, and down. [-1,-1,-1]
Example: Usage with align
cuboid(20, align=V_ALLNEG);
Description: Zero vector. Centered. [0,0,0]
Example: Usage with align
cuboid(20, align=V_ZERO);
Useful aliases for use with align.
Description:
Centered, alias to V_ZERO.
Description:
Vector pointing up, alias to V_UP.
Description:
Vector pointing down, alias to V_DOWN.
Description:
Vector pointing forward, alias to V_FWD.
Description:
Vector pointing back, alias to V_BACK.
Description:
Vector pointing up, alias to V_UP.
Description:
Vector pointing down, alias to V_DOWN.
Description:
Vector pointing forward, alias to V_FWD.
Description:
Vector pointing back, alias to V_BACK.
Constants for pre-orientation alignments.
Description: Align the axis-positive end to the origin.
Example 1: orient=ORIENT_X
cyl(d1=10, d2=5, h=20, orient=ORIENT_X, align=ALIGN_POS);
Example 2: orient=ORIENT_Y
cyl(d1=10, d2=5, h=20, orient=ORIENT_Y, align=ALIGN_POS);
Example 3: orient=ORIENT_Z
cyl(d1=10, d2=5, h=20, orient=ORIENT_Z, align=ALIGN_POS);
Example 4: orient=ORIENT_XNEG
cyl(d1=10, d2=5, h=20, orient=ORIENT_XNEG, align=ALIGN_POS);
Example 5: orient=ORIENT_YNEG
cyl(d1=10, d2=5, h=20, orient=ORIENT_YNEG, align=ALIGN_POS);
Example 6: orient=ORIENT_ZNEG
cyl(d1=10, d2=5, h=20, orient=ORIENT_ZNEG, align=ALIGN_POS);
Description: Align centered.
Description: Align the axis-negative end to the origin.
Example 1: orient=ORIENT_X
cyl(d1=10, d2=5, h=20, orient=ORIENT_X, align=ALIGN_NEG);
Example 2: orient=ORIENT_Y
cyl(d1=10, d2=5, h=20, orient=ORIENT_Y, align=ALIGN_NEG);
Example 3: orient=ORIENT_Z
cyl(d1=10, d2=5, h=20, orient=ORIENT_Z, align=ALIGN_NEG);
Example 4: orient=ORIENT_XNEG
cyl(d1=10, d2=5, h=20, orient=ORIENT_XNEG, align=ALIGN_NEG);
Example 5: orient=ORIENT_YNEG
cyl(d1=10, d2=5, h=20, orient=ORIENT_YNEG, align=ALIGN_NEG);
Example 6: orient=ORIENT_ZNEG
cyl(d1=10, d2=5, h=20, orient=ORIENT_ZNEG, align=ALIGN_NEG);
Orientations for cyl(), prismoid(), etc. They take the form of standard [X,Y,Z]
rotation angles for rotating a vertical shape into the given orientations.
Figure 1: Standard Orientations
Description: Orient along the X axis.
Description: Orient along the Y axis.
Description: Orient along the Z axis.
Description: Orient reversed along the X axis.
Description: Orient reversed along the Y axis.
Description: Orient reversed along the Z axis.
Orientations for cyl(), prismoid(), etc. They take the form of standard [X,Y,Z]
rotation angles for rotating a vertical shape into the given orientations.
Figure 2: Orientations Rotated 90º
Description: Orient along the X axis, then rotate 90 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient along the Y axis, then rotate 90 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient along the Z axis, then rotate 90 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient reversed along the X axis, then rotate 90 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient reversed along the Y axis, then rotate 90 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient reversed along the Z axis, then rotate 90 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Orientations for cyl(), prismoid(), etc. They take the form of standard [X,Y,Z]
rotation angles for rotating a vertical shape into the given orientations.
Figure 3: Orientations Rotated 180º
Description: Orient along the X axis, then rotate 180 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient along the Y axis, then rotate 180 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient along the Z axis, then rotate 180 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient reversed along the X axis, then rotate 180 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient reversed along the Y axis, then rotate 180 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient reversed along the Z axis, then rotate 180 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Orientations for cyl(), prismoid(), etc. They take the form of standard [X,Y,Z]
rotation angles for rotating a vertical shape into the given orientations.
Figure 4: Orientations Rotated 270º
Description: Orient along the X axis, then rotate 270 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient along the Y axis, then rotate 270 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient along the Z axis, then rotate 270 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient reversed along the X axis, then rotate 270 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient reversed along the Y axis, then rotate 270 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Description: Orient reversed along the Z axis, then rotate 270 degrees counter-clockwise on that axis, as seen when facing the origin from that axis orientation.
Constants for specifying edges for cuboid(), etc.
Description: Top Back edge.
Description: Top Front edge.
Description: Bottom Front Edge.
Description: Bottom Back Edge.
Description: Top Right edge.
Description: Top Left edge.
Description: Bottom Left edge.
Description: Bottom Right edge.
Description: Back Right edge.
Description: Back Left edge.
Description: Front Left edge.
Description: Front Right edge.
Constants for specifying edges for cuboid(), etc.
Description: Both X-aligned Top edges.
Description: Both X-aligned Bottom edges.
Description: Both X-aligned Front edges.
Description: Both X-aligned Back edges.
Description: All four X-aligned edges.
Description: Both Y-aligned Top edges.
Description: Both Y-aligned Bottom edges.
Description: Both Y-aligned Left edges.
Description: Both Y-aligned Right edges.
Description: All four Y-aligned edges.
Description: Both Z-aligned Back edges.
Description: Both Z-aligned Front edges.
Description: Both Z-aligned Left edges.
Description: Both Z-aligned Right edges.
Description: All four Z-aligned edges.
Description: All four Left edges.
Description: All four Right edges.
Description: All four Front edges.
Description: All four Back edges.
Description: All four Bottom edges.
Description: All four Top edges.
Description: No edges.
Description: All edges.
Description: Array of XYZ offsets to the center of each edge.
Description: Counts how many given edges intersect at a specific corner.
| Argument | What it does |
|---|---|
edges |
Standard edges array. |
v |
Vector pointing to the corner to count edge intersections at. |