OpenScad Wedge

wedge

Just a quick post. Unfortunately, OpenScad does not have a wedge. This basically is a cylinder that you can pick how many degrees of the circle to draw. There are other options out there, but this one is MIT licensed – so use it to your heart’s content!

/*
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module halfCylinder(h,r) {
  intersection() {
    cylinder(h=h,r=r);
    translate([0,-r,0]) cube([r,2*r,h]);
  }
}

module arcCylinder(h,r,angle) {
  if (angle > 180) {
    union() {
      halfCylinder(h,r);
      rotate([0,0,angle-180]) halfCylinder(h,r);
    }
  } else {
    intersection() {
      halfCylinder(h,r);
      rotate([0,0,angle-180]) halfCylinder(h,r);
    }
  }
}