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cadquery/examples/Ex100_Lego_Brick.py
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# This script can create any regular rectangular Lego(TM) Brick
import cadquery as cq
#####
# Inputs
######
lbumps = 1 # number of bumps long
wbumps = 1 # number of bumps wide
thin = True # True for thin, False for thick
#
# Lego Brick Constants-- these make a lego brick a lego :)
#
pitch = 8.0
clearance = 0.1
bumpDiam = 4.8
bumpHeight = 1.8
if thin:
height = 3.2
else:
height = 9.6
t = (pitch - (2 * clearance) - bumpDiam) / 2.0
postDiam = pitch - t # works out to 6.5
total_length = lbumps * pitch - 2.0 * clearance
total_width = wbumps * pitch - 2.0 * clearance
# make the base
s = cq.Workplane("XY").box(total_length, total_width, height)
# shell inwards not outwards
s = s.faces("<Z").shell(-1.0 * t)
# make the bumps on the top
s = (
s.faces(">Z")
.workplane()
.rarray(pitch, pitch, lbumps, wbumps, True)
.circle(bumpDiam / 2.0)
.extrude(bumpHeight)
)
# add posts on the bottom. posts are different diameter depending on geometry
# solid studs for 1 bump, tubes for multiple, none for 1x1
tmp = s.faces("<Z").workplane(invert=True)
if lbumps > 1 and wbumps > 1:
tmp = (
tmp.rarray(pitch, pitch, lbumps - 1, wbumps - 1, center=True)
.circle(postDiam / 2.0)
.circle(bumpDiam / 2.0)
.extrude(height - t)
)
elif lbumps > 1:
tmp = (
tmp.rarray(pitch, pitch, lbumps - 1, 1, center=True)
.circle(t)
.extrude(height - t)
)
elif wbumps > 1:
tmp = (
tmp.rarray(pitch, pitch, 1, wbumps - 1, center=True)
.circle(t)
.extrude(height - t)
)
else:
tmp = s
# Render the solid
show_object(tmp)