components.scad

LibFile: components.scad

This file has all the modules needed to generate varioius inserts for board games. It makes the generation of the inserts simpler by creating a number of useful base modules for making boxes and lids of various types specific to board game inserts. Specifically it makes tabbed lids and sliding lids easily.

To use, add the following lines to the beginning of your file:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>

File Contents

1. Section: Components

   • RoundedBoxOnLength()
   • RoundedBoxAllSides()
   • RoundedBoxGrid()
   • RegularPolygon()
   • RegularPolygonGrid()
   • RegularPolygonGridDense()
   • HexGridWithCutouts()

2. Section: Curves

   • HilbertCurve()

Section: Components

Building blocks to make all the rest of the items from. This has all the basic parts of the board game toolkit for making polygons and laying them out.

Module: RoundedBoxOnLength()

Topics: Recess

Usage:

• RoundedBoxOnLength(100, 50, 10, 5);

Description:

Creates a rounded box for use in the board game insert with a nice radius on two sides (length side).

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
width	width of the cube
length	of the cube
height	of the cube
radius	radius of the curve on the edges

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
RoundedBoxOnLength(30, 20, 10, 7);

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Module: RoundedBoxAllSides()

Topics: Recess

Usage:

• RoundedBoxAllSides(30,20,10,5);

Description:

Creates a rounded box with all the sides rounded.

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
width	width of the cube
length	of the cube
height	of the cube
radius	radius of the curve on the edges

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
RoundedBoxAllSides(30, 20, 10, 7);

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Module: RoundedBoxGrid()

Topics: Recess, Grid

Usage:

• RoundedBoxGrid(20,20,10,5, rows=2, cols=1);

Description:

Create a grid of rounded boxes, this is useful for inserting a number of containers inside a insert box.

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
width	width of the space (total, inside will be divided by this)
length	of the space (total, inside will be divided by this)
height	of the space
radius	radius of the curve on the edges
rows	number of rows to generate
cols	number of cols to generate
spacing	number of mm between the spaces (default 2)
all_sides	round all the sides (default false)

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
RoundedBoxGrid(30, 20, 10, 7, rows=2, cols=1);

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Module: RegularPolygon()

Topics: Recess

Usage:

• RegularPolygon(10, 5, 6);

Description:

Creates a regular polygon with specific height/width and number of edges.

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
width	total width of the piece, this is equivilant to the apothem of a polygon * 2
height	how high to create the item
shape_edges	number of edges for the polygon

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
RegularPolygon(10, 5, shape_edges = 6);

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Module: RegularPolygonGrid()

Topics: Grid

Usage:

• RegularPolygonGrid(10, 2, 1, 2)

Description:

Lays out the grid with all the polygons as children. The layout handles any shape as children. This uses the exact width of the polygon to layout the underlying grid. This just does all the spacing, the actual generation is done using the children to this module. This is usually used in conjuction with RegularPolygon()

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
width	total width of the piece, this is equivilant to the apothem of a polygon * 2
rows	number of rows to generate
cols	number of cols to generate
spacing	spacing between shapres
aspect_ratio	ratio between shape and width, the dy is * this (default 1.0)

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
RegularPolygonGrid(width = 10, rows = 2, cols = 1, spacing = 2)
   RegularPolygon(width = 10, height = 5, shape_edges = 6);

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Module: RegularPolygonGridDense()

Topics: Grid

Usage:

• RegularPolygonGridDense(10, 2, 1)

Description:

Lays out the grid with all the polygons as children in a dense layout, this only works for triangles and hexes. It will do a dense space filling using the spacing as the distance between the polygons. This uses the exact width of the polygon to layout the underlying grid. This just does all the spacing, the actual generation is done using the children to this module. This is usually used in conjuction with RegularPolygon()

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
radius	this is the radius of the polygon, distance from center to edges
rows	number of rows to generate
cols	number of cols to generate
spacing	spacing between shapres

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
RegularPolygonGridDense(radius = 10, rows = 3, cols = 2)
   RegularPolygon(width = 10, height = 5, shape_edges = 6);

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Module: HexGridWithCutouts()

Topics: Recess Grid

Usage:

• HexGridWithCutouts(rows = 4, cols = 3, height = 10, spacing = 0, push_block_height = 1, tile_width = 29);

Description:

This creates a hex grid with cutouts that can be used to cut out piece of a box to make a nice hex spacing inside the box.

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
rows	rows of the grid
cols	colrs of the grid
height	height of the grid
spacing	space between the tiles
tile_width	width of the tiles
push_block_height	height of the pushblock to use (default 0)

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
HexGridWithCutouts(rows = 4, cols = 3, height = 10, spacing = 0, push_block_height = 1, tile_width = 29);

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Section: Curves

Module: HilbertCurve()

Usage: HilbertCurve(3, 100);

Description:

Generates a hilbert curve for uses in board games.

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
order	depth of recursion to use 3 is a reasonable number
size	size to generate the curve, this is a square size
line_thickness	how thick to generate the lines in the curve (default = 20)
smoothness	how smooth to make all the curves (default 32)

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
HilbertCurve(3, 100);

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