kcl-samples → counterdrilled-weldment
counterdrilled-weldment

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// Counterdrilled Weldment
// A metal weldment consisting of a counterdrilled plate, a centrally mounted housing tube, and four structural support fins.
// Set units
@settings(defaultLengthUnit = in)
// Define parameters
boltSpacingX = 5
boltSpacingY = 3
boltDiameter = 1 / 4
counterdrillDiameter = 7 / 16
counterdrillDepth = 3 / 16
tubeInnerDiameter = 1 + 1 / 4
tubeThickness = 0.115
tubeHeight = 2
stockThickness = .5
// Calculate the dimensions of the block using the specified bolt spacing. The size of the block can be defined by adding a multiple of the counterdrill diameter to the bolt spacing
blockLength = boltSpacingX + boltDiameter * 6
blockWidth = boltSpacingY + boltDiameter * 6
// Draw the base plate
plateSketch = startSketchOn(XY)
|> startProfile(at = [-blockLength / 2, -blockWidth / 2])
|> angledLine(angle = 0, length = blockLength, tag = $rectangleSegmentA001)
|> angledLine(angle = segAng(rectangleSegmentA001) + 90, length = blockWidth, tag = $rectangleSegmentB001)
|> angledLine(angle = segAng(rectangleSegmentA001), length = -segLen(rectangleSegmentA001), tag = $rectangleSegmentC001)
|> line(endAbsolute = [profileStartX(%), profileStartY(%)], tag = $rectangleSegmentD001)
|> close()
|> subtract2d(tool = circle(center = [0, 0], radius = tubeInnerDiameter / 2))
plateBody = extrude(plateSketch, length = stockThickness)
|> chamfer(
length = boltDiameter * 2,
tags = [
getNextAdjacentEdge(rectangleSegmentB001),
getNextAdjacentEdge(rectangleSegmentA001),
getNextAdjacentEdge(rectangleSegmentC001),
getNextAdjacentEdge(rectangleSegmentD001)
],
)
// Define hole positions
holePositions = [
[-boltSpacingX / 2, -boltSpacingY / 2],
[-boltSpacingX / 2, boltSpacingY / 2],
[boltSpacingX / 2, -boltSpacingY / 2],
[boltSpacingX / 2, boltSpacingY / 2]
]
// Function to create a counterdrilled hole
fn counterdrill(@holePosition) {
cbdrill = startSketchOn(plateBody, face = END)
|> circle(center = holePosition, radius = counterdrillDiameter / 2)
|> extrude(length = -counterdrillDepth)
cbBolt = startSketchOn(cbdrill, face = START)
|> circle(center = holePosition, radius = boltDiameter / 2, tag = $hole01)
|> extrude(length = -stockThickness + counterdrillDepth)
// Use a chamfer to create a 90-degree counterdrill edge
|> chamfer(length = (counterdrillDiameter - boltDiameter) / 2 * sqrt(2), tags = [hole01])
return { }
}
// Place a counterdrilled hole at each bolt hole position
map(holePositions, f = counterdrill)
// Drill a small pin hole in the side of the tube
pinhole = startSketchOn(YZ)
|> circle(center = [0, 2.2], radius = 0.125)
|> extrude(length = -10)
// Model the central tube and subtract the pin hole
centralTube = startSketchOn(offsetPlane(XY, offset = stockThickness))
|> circle(center = [0, 0], radius = tubeInnerDiameter / 2 + tubeThickness)
|> subtract2d(tool = circle(center = [0, 0], radius = tubeInnerDiameter / 2))
|> extrude(length = tubeHeight)
|> subtract(tools = [pinhole])
// Create a function to create a fin which spans from the central tube to the bolt hole
fn fin(@i) {
diagPlane = {
origin = [0.0, 0.0, 0.0],
xAxis = [
boltSpacingX / 2 * i,
boltSpacingY / 2,
0.0
],
yAxis = [0.0, 0.0, 1.0]
}
finSketch = startSketchOn(diagPlane)
|> startProfile(at = [
tubeInnerDiameter / 2 + tubeThickness,
stockThickness
])
|> xLine(endAbsolute = sqrt((boltSpacingX / 2) ^ 2 + (boltSpacingY / 2) ^ 2) - counterdrillDiameter)
|> yLine(length = 0.15)
|> line(endAbsolute = [
profileStartX(%) + 0.15,
stockThickness + tubeHeight * .8
])
|> xLine(length = -0.15)
|> line(endAbsolute = [profileStartX(%), profileStartY(%)])
|> close()
|> extrude(length = tubeThickness, symmetric = true)
// Use a circular pattern to create an identical fin on the opposite side
otherFin = patternCircular3d(
finSketch,
instances = 2,
axis = [0, 0, 1],
center = [0, 0, 0],
arcDegrees = 360,
rotateDuplicates = true,
)
return { }
}
// Place a pair of support fins along each diagonal axis of the bolt pattern
fin(1)
fin(-1)