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/** This makes a gripper cup for a long-reach grabber for 3-D printing out
of flexible material like TPU.
*/
res = 254/in
// The disc that screws into the gripper.
discDiamBase = 18 mm
discDiamTop = 28 mm
discHeight = 9 mm
outerSpheroidDiam = 37.6 mm
outerSpheroidHeight = 21 mm
wallThickness = 2.4 mm
innerSpheroidDiam = outerSpheroidDiam - 2 wallThickness
innerSpheroidHeight = outerSpheroidHeight - 2 wallThickness
shiftUp = 5 mm
disc = callJava["frink.graphics.VoxelArray", "makeTaperedCylinder", [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, discHeight res, discDiamBase/2 res, discDiamTop/2 res]]
cupOuter = callJava["frink.graphics.VoxelArray" , "makeSpheroid", [outerSpheroidDiam/2 res, outerSpheroidDiam/2 res, outerSpheroidHeight/2 res]]
cupOuter.translate[0, 0, (outerSpheroidHeight/2 + shiftUp) res]
cupInner = callJava["frink.graphics.VoxelArray" , "makeSpheroid", [innerSpheroidDiam/2 res, innerSpheroidDiam/2 res, innerSpheroidHeight/2 res]]
cupInner.translate[0, 0, (outerSpheroidHeight/2 + shiftUp) res]
slicePlane = newJava["frink.graphics.Plane3DFloat", [0, 0, 15.1 mm res, 0, 0, 1]]
v = disc.union[cupOuter]
v.removeOutside[slicePlane]
v.remove[cupInner]
screwDiam = 2.2 mm
screwHeight = 7 mm
screwHole = callJava["frink.graphics.VoxelArray", "makeCylinder", [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, screwHeight res, screwDiam/2 res]]
v.remove[screwHole]
v.projectX[undef].show["X"]
v.projectY[undef].show["Y"]
v.projectZ[undef].show["Z"]
filename = "gripper.obj"
print["Writing $filename..."]
w = new Writer[filename]
w.println[v.toObjFormat["gripper", 1/(res mm)]]
w.close[]
println["done."]
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