PicoGK-Fasteners

PicoGK-Fasteners is a fastener and fastener utility library for your PicoGK project.

With this library, you can generate fasteners or their respective holes as voxel bodies. By defining a fastener (size, length, etc.), and then calling that fastener's methods you can generate the type of voxel body you want. More in the How to Use section below.

PicoGK-Fasteners can currently generate the following types of voxel objects:

Fasteners

• Hex Heads
• Countersunk
• Button Head
• Socket Head Cap Screw (SHCS)

All with the following driver options:

• Hex
• Philips
• Robinson
• None

Holes

• Clearance Holes
• Countersunk Holes
• Counterbored Holes
• Tapped holes
• Tap Drill Holes

Other Fasteners

• Washers
• Nuts
• Fastener Stacks (Fastener/Washer/Gap/Washer/Nut)

Most methods take a LocalFrame for its position, and possibly some other info specific to that method.

You can run the example file by running the following:

try
{
   PicoGK.Library.Go(0.05f, CarinaLabs.FastenerExample.Task);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    // Apparently something went wrong, output here
    Console.WriteLine(e);
}

Dependencies

• PicoGK
• ShapeKernel

How to Use

Start by adding PicoGK-Fasteners to your project

git submodule add https://github.com/joshmelnykcroft/PicoGK-Fasteners

Include fasteners to your project by adding

using PicoGK-Fasteners;

To create your first fastener object, choose one of two constructors:

The first constructor creates generic fastener given a few inputs.

Fastener oMyBasicFastener = new(Fastener.EHeadType.Button, Fastener.EDriver.Hex, fSize, fLength, fThreadPitch, sDescription)

This is not a accurate representation of a fastener you'd buy off the shelf, but should be close enough for you to carry on with your project.

The second constructor creates a more accurate representation of your fastener based on measurements you provide.

Fastener oMyDefinedFastener = new(); //Leave blank to default to M5x10 SHCS, or change individual properties (as described by the constructor) to what you need.

Once you have your fastener defined, you can call one of the following methods to create a variety of voxel objects that you can add or subtract to your project.

Fasteners

• .ScrewBasic
• .ScrewThreaded
• .Nut
• .Washer
• .Stack

Holes

• .HoleThreaded
• .HoleClearance
• .HoleBasic
• .HoleCounterbored
• .HoleCountersunk
• .Tapdrill

Roadmap to release 1.0

• Impliment some sort of BOM export
• Add an offset to countersunk holes so that screw heads can sit below the surface
• Tidy up code

Credits

Thanks to Leap71 for creating and sharing PicoGK , as well as writing the Coding for Engineers book. Also thanks to you, if you decide to try this out and use it. PR's are welcome if you have an fix/idea/feature that you want to contribute!