On Tue, 2014-09-02 at 13:27 +0200, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 1:10 PM, joem joem@martindale-electric.co.uk wrote:
On Mon, 2014-09-01 at 12:12 +0200, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
also the mendel 90 kit arrived last week, i am about 20% through a build, it is... challenging shall we say: around 200 nuts/bolts/screws which i really wasn't expecting! i'll likely be done by end of this week and can start experimenting.
If you do 3D modelling in scripted parametric openscad, I'm in with whatever is doable to help.
i'm using pyopenscad, it auto-generates openscad files based on python classes: it is as weeird as the openscad language :)
Maths, formulas, etc, and anything that can be done up xmaxima + surfaces that can be done in K3DSurf surface generator, doing test prints etc.
okay! cool, i'd not heard of k3dsurf. awesome.
ta joe.
pyopenscad i believe is used to script up complex functions to generate objects surfaces because openscad is relatively simple language and doesn't have the giant features of python. Openscad is evolving - the latest version does tapered screw spirals. I made a tapered screw chuck type thing that is 1 inch and so strong it can take a spanner to tighten it and thread don't break. Unlike nylon screws. And this thing is done in PLA :( !
Anyway lots of designs released in openscad at thingiverse. Search for parametric designs - reduce chance of re-inventing wheel.