hex_tesselation.scad

LibFile: hex_tesselations.scad

This file has all the modules needed to make a variety of tesselations.

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

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>

File Contents

• generate_hexagon()
• FlyingBirdTesselation()
• TesselationFlyingBirdGrid()
• TesselationFlyingBirdArea()

Function: generate_hexagon()

Description:

Function to calculate vertices for an irregular hexagon if you give the side_lengths and interor angles.

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
side_lengths	the lengths of the sides to make the hex for, only 5 specified last one is calculated
interior_angles	the interior angles for use inside the hex, only 5 specified last one is caldulated
current_x	interal counter
current_y	interal counter
current_angle	interal counter
num	interal counter

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Function/Module: FlyingBirdTesselation()

Description:

Makes a hex sized flying bird tesselation.

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
size	size of the bird
thickness	thickness of the bird (default 0)

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
FlyingBirdTesselation(20);

Example 2:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
FlyingBirdTesselation(20, 2);

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Module: TesselationFlyingBirdGrid()

Description:

The nice goose shape.

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
row	number of rows
col	number of columns
size	size of the goose
thickness	thickness of the goose

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
TesselationFlyingBirdGrid(5, 5, size=30, thickness=1);

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Module: TesselationFlyingBirdArea()

Description:

The nice goose shape.

Arguments:

By Position	What it does
width	width of the space
length	length of the space
size	size of the goose
thickness	thickness of the goose

Example 1:

include <boardgame_toolkit.scad>
TesselationFlyingBirdArea(200, 100, size=50, thickness=2);

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