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can you guess what it is?

Posted by Dust 
can you guess what it is?
April 25, 2023 09:33AM
Very pleased with how this turned out

Can you guess what it is before trying it?

leds        = 8;  //even number of leds across
border      = 1;
base_top    = 66;
base_height = 5;
base_bottom = base_top + base_height +base_height;

top_pipe = (base_top - (leds+1)*border) / leds; 
base_pipe= (base_bottom - (leds+1)*border) / leds;

Faces = [
   [0,1,2,3],  // bottom
   [4,5,1,0],  // front
   [7,6,5,4],  // top
   [5,6,2,1],  // right
   [6,7,3,2],  // back
   [7,4,0,3]]; // left

offset = [ for ( i = [0 : leds/2-1]) (i*(1/(leds/2)))*base_height ];

module gen(base,top,n,m) { 
PipeXX = [
   [ 0                         , 0                         , 0           ],  //0
   [ base                      , 0                         , 0           ],  //1
   [ base                      , base                      , 0           ],  //2
   [ 0                         , base                      , 0           ],  //3
   [ base_height-offset[n]     , base_height-offset[m]     , base_height ],  //4
   [ top+base_height-offset[n] , base_height-offset[m]     , base_height ],  //5
   [ top+base_height-offset[n] , top+base_height-offset[m] , base_height ],  //6
   [ base_height-offset[n]     , top+base_height-offset[m] , base_height ]]; //7

   translate([(base+border)*n,(base+border)*m,0]) polyhedron( PipeXX, Faces );
}

module first_q () {
   for ( i = [0 : leds/2-1] )
      for ( j = [0 : leds/2-1] )
         gen(base_pipe,top_pipe,j,i);
}

difference() {
   gen(base_bottom,base_top,offset[0],offset[0]);

   translate([border,border,0]) first_q();
   translate([base_bottom-border,border,0]) mirror([1,0,0]) first_q();
   translate([base_bottom-border,base_bottom-border,0]) mirror([1,0,0]) mirror([0,1,0]) first_q();
   translate([border,base_bottom-border,0]) mirror([0,1,0]) first_q();
}
Re: can you guess what it is?
May 08, 2023 06:37PM
OK, I'm going to guess without trying. Parametric LED light pipes?

Now going to load and see...
Re: can you guess what it is?
May 08, 2023 06:41PM
Rendered it. That's pretty cool. It is like a focused grill. Very handy. Post it on your favorite 3d model site!
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