From c35d2c8d4466560398a9a8f7aa980fff00760e50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jochen Vothknecht <jochen3120@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2021 08:26:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] curvy pipe mathematics
---
HeatSink.scad | 15 ++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/HeatSink.scad b/HeatSink.scad
index 06441f3..b5b0a7b 100644
--- a/HeatSink.scad
+++ b/HeatSink.scad
@@ -277,7 +277,20 @@ module splitFunnel() {
sp_len = 10; // TODO: calculate!
- translate([0, 0, 0]) rotate([0, 0, 0]) straightPipe(fu_outlet_w, hs_h, sp_len, fu_r, fu_str);
+ // translate([hs_l/2, y_off, hs_h/2 + d]) rotate([90, 0, -90]) straightPipe(fu_outlet_w, hs_h, sp_len, fu_r, fu_str);
+
+
+
+ // connecting a straight pipe to the end of a curve in a fully generic way
+ //
+ // step 1: move to a very specific point beneath origin
+ // step 2: rotate by curve pipe angle
+ // step 3: move to the beginning(!) of the curve pipe where we want them to meet
+ //
+ translate([0, 0, 0]) // step 3
+ rotate([0, 0, -alpha]) // step 2
+ translate([0, -fu_outlet_w/2 - d/2, 0]) rotate([90, 0, -90]) // step 1
+ straightPipe(fu_outlet_w, hs_h, sp_len, fu_r, fu_str);
--
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