SGmedalsframe

by Tim C. Lueth, SG-Lib Toolbox: SolidGeometry 5.6 - Parametric Design
Introduced first in SolidGeometry 5.3, Creation date: 2023-09-22, Last change: 2025-08-26

creates a plate to present 60mm medals in cmobination with a book wedge



See Also: SGbookwedge

Example Illustration

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Syntax

SGmedalsframe




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Algorithm (Workflow)

This algorithm is designed to create a plate for presenting 60mm medals, in combination with a book wedge. Below is a detailed explanation of the algorithm and its parameters:

Input Parameters

Algorithm Steps

  1. Calculate the slot clearance using the function slfit('c'), which returns a clearance value slc.
  2. Create a circular plate with a radius of 60/2 + slc and a height of 4 using SGofCPLz(PLcircle(60/2+slc),4). This is stored in variable A.
  3. Generate a pattern of the circular plate A in a 3x3 grid using SGcopypatternXYZ(A,[3 3 1],false), and store it in SG.
  4. Define a distance dist of 3 and a 2D array XY with values [200, 200].
  5. Pack the pattern SG into a bounding box defined by [XY 200] with a distance of dist using SGpacking(SG,[XY 200],dist), and store the result in SGN.
  6. Calculate the convex hull of the packed structure SGN using CPLofSGhull(SGN), and store it in CPL0.
  7. Generate a convex hull from CPL0 using CPLconvexhull(CPL0), and store it in CPLA.
  8. Create a buffer around CPLA with a distance of dist using CPLbuffer(CPLA,dist), and store it in CPLB.
  9. Adjust CPLB to have radial edges using PLradialEdges(PLsquare(XY),dist).
  10. Create a 3D structure from CPLB with a height of 1 using SGofCPLz(CPLB,1), and store it in SGA.
  11. Create another 3D structure by subtracting CPL0 from CPLB with a height of 5 using SGofCPLz(CPLsubtract(CPLB,CPL0,'center'),5), and store it in SGB.
  12. Concatenate SGA and SGB with an offset of -0.1 using SGconcat(SGA,SGB,'ontop',-0.1), and store the result in SGC.
  13. Visualize the final structure SGC using SGfigure(-30,30) and SGplotalpha(SGC).
  14. Export the final structure SGC to an STL file named 'SGmedalsframe' using SGwriteSTL(SGC,'SGmedalsframe').
Algorithm explaination created using ChatGPT on 2025-08-18 23:13. (Please note: No guarantee for the correctness of this explanation)

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