Sphereoid lamp

[JolienF]

Hey,

So I made this lampshade (its not perfect yet, but the prototypes are looking good). Its a sphere like shape that can be cut from flexible material like cardboard or plastic sheets. The amount of gores (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_(segment)) is variable. The pattern is not generated (yet).

So my question is would this be a project to put on boxes.py? It's not the standard wooden boxy type thing. But it is generated and very lasercuttable
I'd love to give it a go to integrate it in this codebase, but I could definitely use some tips.

[JolienF]

this is the type of pattern it generates

[florianfesti]

Yes, of course. There are a lot of things in there already that are not quite boxes.

[ccrome]

Love it! I'm happy to give it a try!

[florianfesti]

A little more gore, what's not to like...?

[JolienF]

Alright, I'll get started then!

[JolienF]

Love it! I'm happy to give it a try!

I'd like to try myself first, if you don't mind. I do appreciate some help though

[florianfesti]

Generally Boxes.py is not that suited for rounded shapes. I does offer very little geometry support. The gears module uses drawPoints() which does kerf correction and draws a polyline from coordinates instead of lengths and turns.

An alternative could be using curveTo which draws Bezier curves but looks like it is missing burn correction although it is in a place in the API where it should actually do that. If this gets an issue I can fix that, though.