dividers.scad

LibFile: dividers.scad

This file has all the modules needed to generate dividers.

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

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>

File Contents

1. Section: Dividers
   • MakeDividerTab()
   • MakeDivider()
   • MakeDividerWithText()

Section: Dividers

Module: MakeDividerTab()

Topics: Dividers

Usage: MakeDividerTab(10, 20, 1);

Description:

Makes a divider tab tab section with nice curves in and out of the tab. Any children to this are diffed out of the tab.

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
tab_height	height of the tab

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
MakeDividerTab(10, 20, 1);

Example 2:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
// Divider tab with a svg image in it.
MakeDividerTab(10, 20, 1)  translate([ 6, 5, -2 ]) mirror([ 0, 1, 0 ])
    linear_extrude(height = 4) offset(delta = 0.001) scale(0.04) import("svg/australia.svg");

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Module: MakeDivider()

Topics: Dividers

Usage: MakeDivider(10, 20, 1, 5, 3, 0);

Description:

Makes a divider with a tab section up the top. First child is a diff to the tab, the rest is a diff to the main body of the tab.

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
size	[width, length, thickness] size of the divider
tab_height	height of the tab
tab_radius	the radius of the curve to use
num_tabs	number of tabs across the top
tab_position	the position number of the tab, 0..num_tabs-1
tab_length	length of the tab (default calculated)
hole_offset	offset for the holes in the divider (default 6)

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
MakeDivider(size = [40, 70, 1], tab_height = 10, num_tabs = 3, tab_position = 0, tab_radius = 2);

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Module: MakeDividerWithText()

Topics: Dividers

Usage: MakeDividerWithText(10, 20, 1, 5, 3, 0);

Description:

Makes a divider with a tab section up the top. First child is a diff to the tab, the rest is a diff to the main body of the tab.

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
size	[width, length, thickness] size of the divider
tab_height	height of the tab
text_str	the text string to use
num_tabs	number of tabs across the top
tab_position	the position number of the tab, 0..num_tabs-1
tab_radius	the radius of the curve to use
tab_length	length of the tab (default calculated)
text_offset	how far from the sides of the tab to put the text
text_height	how hight the text is, (default tab_height - text_offset)
text_depth	how deep to cut the text (default thickness + 1)
font	the font to use (default default_label_font)

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
MakeDividerWithText(size = [40, 70, 1], tab_height = 10, num_tabs = 3, tab_position = 0, text_str = "Frog");

Example 2:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
MakeDividerWithText(size = [40, 70, 1], tab_height = 10, num_tabs = 3, tab_position = 2, text_str = "Croak", text_depth=0.5);

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