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scad-gen
Generate OpenSCAD files for visualizations of arbitrary functions.
WHY?!
Why not?
I wanted to be able to generate 3D models of various mathematical functions after seeing this Tweet by @nwilliams030
How?
This is one simple Ruby script. At the top are the only things you need to edit:
t
: the starting input value for your function (f(0))step
: the stepping between function valuestmax
: the end valuecalc(t)
: your function, expected to return an array with (x,y,z)
The main loop iterates from t
to tmax
at step
increments,
calculates the function calc
at each step, and draws cylinders between
the points, with a sphere at each point (for a smoother appearance).
After setting it all up, run the script, sending the output to a target file. Open in OpenSCAD, render, voilà.