Summary

A Parametric Reel / Spool.

Unpack reel_2.0_231212.zip and open the documentation with a web browser:

$ firefox build_2.0_231212/html/index.html

Select a prebuilt reel and print.

Customizing

To define a new reel, add a new row to the data-table table_rows and then specify its id when instantiating. The table column definitions can be found in table_cols.

...// id, mt, sr, sh, sw, hr, hw, ns, os, oh["my_new_reel", 1/16, (3+3/4)/2, 3/4, 3/4, (5/8)/2, 1/4, 5, true, true],...conf = "my_new_reel";assembly = "plate";reel(conf=conf, assembly=assembly);

Due to the repeat use of curved segments, rendering can take some time (upto 10-15 minutes each). Faster rendering would likely be obtained by using more triangles without rounded vertexes and fewer ovals and circles!

omdl

This design uses omdl. To render the design, this library must be available.

To install omdl open a BASH shell and type:

$ mkdir tmp && cd tmp$ wget https://git.io/setup-omdl.bash $ chmod +x setup-omdl.bash$ ./setup-omdl.bash --branch v0.9 --yes --install