Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Create a Rounded Cube in OpenSCAD
There are two ways to easily make a rounded cube. The first is to use the hull function:
module RoundedCube(size, radius) {
width = size[0];
height = size[1];
depth = size[2];
hull() {
translate([radius, radius, 0]) cylinder(r = radius, h = depth);
translate([width - radius, radius, 0]) cylinder(r = radius, h = depth);
translate([radius, height - radius, 0]) cylinder(r = radius, h = depth);
translate([width - radius, height - radius, 0]) cylinder(r = radius, h = depth);
}
}
The second is to use linear_extrude and the offset functions:
module RoundedCube(size, radius) {
width = size[0];
height = size[1];
depth = size[2];
translate([radius, radius, 0]) linear_extrude(height = depth) offset(r = radius) square([width, height]);
}
Now they aren't exactly identical. They will produce slightly different rounded cubes, but hopefully this helps someone out there use OpenSCAD.
Posted by Chris Bensen at 7:00 AM
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