WillAdams
May 25, 2025, 7:21pm
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As with most of my projects, we start out by roughing things out in BlockSCAD, so first we set up some variables which will be instantiated in the Customizer in OpenSCAD:
(obviously, the intention is to make it possible to create the field of a U.S. Flag)
For the default parameter of stars, we will use the pointier version which is suited to 3D modeling:
which suggests an additional variable (or two):
First, we create modules for drawing the various objects, starting with the star which requires a bit of trigonometry…
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WillAdams
May 25, 2025, 7:44pm
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and
(with a negative version as well)
which yields one point of the star — adding a loop and rotating we get:
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WillAdams
May 25, 2025, 8:45pm
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Obviously a few additional variables will be needed for spacing, and then a pair of nested loops to do the positioning:
A quick initial version without implementing “Stagger” yields:
Probably there is an elegant logical way to implement that feature, but a brute-force approach is to use a pair of loops, each set to step by 2:
so, a simple logic check and two versions:
and when Stagger is off we get:
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WillAdams
May 26, 2025, 1:53pm
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Bailed on the (or other objects) bit, renamed the project and put it up at:
for folks who are curious about the code.
Next up is re-writing it in Python.
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jro_cambria
May 27, 2025, 3:04am
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This is very interesting. Please keep exploring & sharing.
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