/*
* polyTests.scad by aubenc @ Thingiverse
*
* This script contains few examples to show how to use the modules
* included in the library script: polyScrewThead.scad
*
* http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:8796
*
* CC Public Domain
*/
include <polyScrewThread.scad>
PI=3.141592;
/* Example 01.
* Just a 100mm long threaded rod.
*
* screw_thread(15, // Outer diameter of the thread
* 4, // Step, traveling length per turn, also, tooth height, whatever...
* 55, // Degrees for the shape of the tooth
* (XY plane = 0, Z = 90, btw, 0 and 90 will/should not work...)
* 100, // Length (Z) of the tread
* PI/2, // Resolution, one face each "PI/2" mm of the perimeter,
* 0); // Countersink style:
* -2 - Not even flat ends
* -1 - Bottom (countersink'd and top flat)
* 0 - None (top and bottom flat)
* 1 - Top (bottom flat)
* 2 - Both (countersink'd)
*/
// screw_thread(15,4,55,100,PI/2,2);
/* Example 02.
* A nut for the previous example.
*
* hexa_nut(24, // Distance between flats
* 8, // Height
* 4, // Step height (the half will be used to countersink the ends)
* 55, // Degrees (same as used for the screw_thread example)
* 15, // Outer diameter of the thread to match
* 0.5) // Resolution, you may want to set this to small values
* (quite high res) to minimize overhang issues
*
*/
// hex_nut(24,8,4,55,15,0.5);
/* Example 03.
* A screw, threaded all the way, with hex head.
*
* hex_screw(15, // Outer diameter of the thread
* 4, // Thread step
* 55, // Step shape degrees
* 30, // Length of the threaded section of the screw
* 1.5, // Resolution (face at each 2mm of the perimeter)
* 2, // Countersink in both ends
* 24, // Distance between flats for the hex head
* 8, // Height of the hex head (can be zero)
* 0, // Length of the non threaded section of the screw
* 0) // Diameter for the non threaded section of the screw
* -1 - Same as inner diameter of the thread
* 0 - Same as outer diameter of the thread
* value - The given value
*
*/
// hex_screw(15,4,55,30,1.5,2,24,8,0,0);
/* Example 04.
* A screw with a non threaded section and with hex head.
*
* Same module and parameters than for Example 03 but for the length of the non
* threaded section wich is set to 50mm here.
*
*/
// hex_screw(15,4,55,30,1.5,2,24,8,50,0);
/* Example 05.
*
* A rod whith a middle section without thread and, a portion of it, hex shaped.
* One end is threaded in the opposite direction than the other.
*
* So... yes, OpenSCAD mirror feature will change the thread direction.
*
*/
/*
translate([0,0,32.5+5+7.5])
union()
{
hex_screw(15,4,55,32.5,1.5,2,15,5,7.5,0);
mirror([0,0,1]) hex_screw(15,4,55,32.5,1.5,2,15,5,7.5,0);
}
*/