tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839430508831012007.post2625815434081387317..comments2024-03-11T10:08:33.204-07:00Comments on MakerHome: Day 150 - Trefoil torus knotsmathgrrlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17236326897530195255noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839430508831012007.post-82149800731416602662014-01-25T10:22:27.072-08:002014-01-25T10:22:27.072-08:00The rollingknot code with cones is now on github h...The rollingknot code with cones is now on github https://github.com/KitWallace/openscad/blob/master/rollingknot.scad - it seemed to me more than twice as fast as spheres. <br /><br />The github mailing list is http://forum.openscad.org/ - this is where the real openscad gurus hang out chris wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694488941042708861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839430508831012007.post-24112584938958564792014-01-25T09:27:40.452-08:002014-01-25T09:27:40.452-08:00okay, i think the file is uploaded correctly now, ...okay, i think the file is uploaded correctly now, sorry about that! i tried to write a cylinders-oriented-by-directional-derivative type of thing but it was so. very. slow. and i couldn't get it to work out. and in the corners i would have had to add spheres anyway. i'm definitely interested in anything people are working on in this capacity. what kind of mailing list are you on and is it private or could i possibly join it?mathgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236326897530195255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839430508831012007.post-43222527881594559222014-01-25T06:05:05.017-08:002014-01-25T06:05:05.017-08:00nice Torii ! must be so nice to have your own pri...nice Torii ! must be so nice to have your own printer ( he says whistfully) <br /><br />I put a Torus customizer on Thingiverse http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:231727 - it only supports the t(u,v) parameters but it does include other shape parameters<br /><br />re tubify, replacing cones with hulled cones is certainly faster than hulled spheres (but they need orientating) - the mailing list has got stuck into this problem and developments afoot look very promising, albeit that they dont deal with self-intersecting curves <br /><br />BTW theT(2,3) STL link failschris wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12694488941042708861noreply@blogger.com