NopSCADlib/vitamins/o_ring.scad

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//
//! Nitrile rubber O-rings.
//!
//! Just a black torus specified by internal diameter, `id` and `minor_d` plus a BOM entry.
//! Can be shown stretched by specifying the `actual_id`.
//
include <../utils/core/core.scad>

module O_ring(id, minor_d, actual_id = 0) { //! Draw O-ring with specified internal diameter and minor diameter. `actual_id` can be used to stretch it around something.
    vitamin(str("O_ring(", id, ", ", minor_d, "): O-ring nitrile ", id, "mm x ", minor_d, "mm"));

    D = actual_id > id ? actual_id : id;            // allow it to be stretched
    //
    // assume volume conserved when stretched. It is proportional to major diameter and square of minor diameter
    //
    r = (minor_d / 2) * sqrt(id / D);
    R = D / 2 + r / 2;
    color([0.2, 0.2, 0.2]) rotate_extrude()
        translate([R, 0])
            circle(r = r);
}