NopSCADlib/utils/horiholes.scad

//
// NopSCADlib Copyright Chris Palmer 2020
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// hydraraptor.blogspot.com
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//
//! Utilities for depicting the staircase slicing of horizontal holes made with [`teardrop_plus()`](#teardrops), see <https://hydraraptor.blogspot.com/2020/07/horiholes-2.html>
//
include <../utils/core/core.scad>

function teardrop_plus_x(r, y, h) = //! Calculate the ordinate of a compensated teardrop given y and layer height.
    let(fr = h / 2,
        hpot = r + fr,
        x2 = sqr(hpot) - sqr(y),
        x = x2 > 0 ? sqrt(x2) : 0
    )
    max(0,
        y < hpot / sqrt(2) ? x - fr :
        y < hpot           ? hpot * sqrt(2) - y - fr :
        0);

module horihole(r, z, h = 0, center = true) { //! For making horizontal holes that don't need support material and are correct dimensions
    bot_layer = floor((z - r) / layer_height);
    top_layer = ceil((z + r) / layer_height);
    render(convexity = 5)
        extrude_if(h, center)
            for(i = [bot_layer : top_layer]) {
                Z = i * layer_height;
                y = Z - z + layer_height / 2;
                x = teardrop_plus_x(r, y, layer_height);
                if(x > 0)
                    translate([0, y])
                        difference() {
                            square([2 * x + layer_height, layer_height], center = true);

                            for(end = [-1, 1])
                                translate([end * (x + layer_height / 2), 0])
                                    circle(d = layer_height, $fn = 32);
                        }
             }
}