// // NopSCADlib Copyright Chris Palmer 2018 // nop.head@gmail.com // hydraraptor.blogspot.com // // This file is part of NopSCADlib. // // NopSCADlib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the // GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of // the License, or (at your option) any later version. // // NopSCADlib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; // without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. // See the GNU General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with NopSCADlib. // If not, see . // //! Linear rails with carriages. // include <../utils/core/core.scad> use function rail_width(type) = type[1]; //! Width of rail section function rail_height(type) = type[2]; //! Height of rail section function rail_end(type) = type[3]; //! Minimum distance screw can be from the end function rail_pitch(type) = type[4]; //! Distance between screws function rail_bore(type) = type[5]; //! Counter bore diameter for screw head function rail_hole(type) = type[6]; //! Screw hole diameter function rail_bore_depth(type) = type[7]; //! Counter bore depth function rail_screw(type) = type[8]; //! Screw type function rail_end_screw(type) = type[9]; //! Screw used for ends only (Countersink used for better location) function rail_groove_offset(type)=type[10]; //! Offset of centre of groove from top of rail function rail_groove_width(type)=type[11]; //! Groove width function rail_screw_height(type, screw) = rail_height(type) - rail_bore_depth(type) + screw_head_depth(screw, rail_hole(type)); //! Position screw taking into account countersink into counterbored hole function carriage_length(type) = type[0]; //! Overall length function carriage_block_length(type) = type[1]; //! Length of the metal part function carriage_width(type) = type[2]; //! Width of carriage function carriage_height(type) = type[3]; //! Height of carriage function carriage_size(type) = [ type[0], type[2], type[3] ]; //! Size of carriage function carriage_clearance(type) = type[4]; //! Gap under the carriage function carriage_pitch_x(type) = type[5]; //! Screw hole x pitch function carriage_pitch_y(type) = type[6]; //! Screw hole y pitch function carriage_screw(type) = type[7]; //! Carriage screw type function carriage_rail(type) = type[8]; //! Rail type function carriage_screw_depth(type) = 2 * screw_radius(carriage_screw(type)); //! Carriage thread depth function carriage_travel(type, rail_length) = rail_length - carriage_length(type); //! How far the carriage can travel on a given length rail function rail_holes(type, length) = //! Number of holes in a rail given its `length` floor((length - 2 * rail_end(type)) / rail_pitch(type)) + 1; module rail_hole_positions(type, length, first = 0, screws = 100, both_ends = true) { //! Position children over screw holes pitch = rail_pitch(type); holes = rail_holes(type, length); last = first + min(screws, both_ends ? ceil(holes / 2) : holes); for(i = [first : holes - 1], j = holes - 1 - i) if(i < last || both_ends && (j >= first && j < last)) translate([i * pitch - length / 2 + (length - (holes - 1) * pitch) / 2, 0]) children(); } module carriage_hole_positions(type) { //! Position children over screw holes x_pitch = carriage_pitch_x(type); y_pitch = carriage_pitch_y(type); for(x = [-1, 1], y = [-1, 1]) if(x < 0 || x_pitch) translate([x * x_pitch / 2, y * y_pitch / 2, carriage_height(type)]) children(); } module carriage(type, end_colour = grey(20), wiper_colour = grey(20)) { //! Draw the specified carriage total_l = carriage_length(type); block_l = carriage_block_length(type); block_w = carriage_width(type); block_h = carriage_height(type) - carriage_clearance(type); end_w = block_w - 0.6; end_h = block_h - 0.3; end_l = (total_l - block_l)/ 2; screw = carriage_screw(type); screw_depth = carriage_screw_depth(type); module cutout() { w = rail_width(carriage_rail(type)) + 0.4; translate([-w / 2, 0]) square([w , rail_height(carriage_rail(type)) + 0.2]); } color(grey(90)) { rotate([90, 0, 90]) linear_extrude(block_l, center = true) difference() { translate([-block_w / 2, carriage_clearance(type)]) square([block_w, block_h - screw_depth]); cutout(); } translate_z(carriage_height(type) - screw_depth) linear_extrude(screw_depth) difference() { square([block_l, block_w], center = true); carriage_hole_positions(type) circle(screw_pilot_hole(screw)); } } module carriage_end(type, end_w, end_h, end_l) { wiper_length = 0.5; color(wiper_colour) translate_z(-end_l / 2) linear_extrude(wiper_length) difference() { translate([-end_w / 2, carriage_clearance(type)]) square([end_w, end_h]); cutout(); } color(end_colour) translate_z(wiper_length-end_l / 2) linear_extrude(end_l - wiper_length) difference() { translate([-end_w / 2, carriage_clearance(type)]) square([end_w, end_h]); cutout(); } } translate([-(block_l + end_l) / 2, 0]) rotate([90, 0, 90]) carriage_end(type, end_w, end_h, end_l); translate([(block_l + end_l) / 2, 0]) rotate([90, 0, -90]) carriage_end(type, end_w, end_h, end_l); } module rail(type, length, colour = grey(90), use_polycircles = false) { //! Draw the specified rail width = rail_width(type); height = rail_height(type); vitamin(str("rail(", type[0], ", ", length, "): Linear rail ", type[0], " x ", length, "mm")); color(colour) { rbr = rail_bore(type) / 2; w = corrected_radius(rbr) * 2 + 2 * eps; // width of core big enough for the holes linear_extrude(height - rail_bore_depth(type)) difference() { square([length, w], center = true); rail_hole_positions(type, length) if (use_polycircles) poly_circle(rail_hole(type) / 2); else circle(d = rail_hole(type)); } translate_z(rail_height(type) - rail_bore_depth(type)) linear_extrude(rail_bore_depth(type)) difference() { square([length, w], center = true); rail_hole_positions(type, length) if (use_polycircles) poly_circle(rbr); else circle(rbr); } go = height - rail_groove_offset(type); gw = rail_groove_width(type); gd = gw / 2; sw = (width - w) / 2; for (m = [0, 1]) mirror([0, m, 0]) translate([0, -width / 2]) rotate([0, -90, 0]) linear_extrude(length, center = true) polygon([ [0, 0], [0, sw], [height, sw], [height, 0], [go + gw/2, 0], [go, gd], [go - gw/2, 0] ]); } } module rail_assembly(carriage, length, pos, carriage_end_colour = grey(20), carriage_wiper_colour = grey(20)) { //! Rail and carriage assembly rail(carriage_rail(carriage), length); translate([pos, 0]) carriage(carriage, carriage_end_colour, carriage_wiper_colour); } module rail_screws(type, length, thickness, screws = 100, index_screws = undef) { //! Place screws in the rail screw = rail_screw(type); end_screw = rail_end_screw(type); screw_len = screw_longer_than(rail_screw_height(type, screw) + thickness); end_screw_len = screw_longer_than(rail_screw_height(type, end_screw) + thickness); index_screws = is_undef(index_screws) ? screws > 2 ? 1 : 2 : index_screws; translate_z(rail_screw_height(type, end_screw)) rail_hole_positions(type, length, 0, index_screws) screw(end_screw, end_screw_len); translate_z(rail_screw_height(type, screw)) rail_hole_positions(type, length, index_screws, screws - index_screws) screw(screw, screw_len); }