I was experimenting with the basket code I made quite some time ago to see if I could make some lamp shades, after simplifying it I came up with some different shapes that were interesting. This is unfinished but still shows that you don't need a lot of code to make some cool designs with OpenSCAD:
/* [Lamp shade] */
Show_shade=true;
Height=242; //[1:.1:400]
Diameter=70; //[1:.1:400]
Density=8; //[1:1:30]
Bowl_shape=1.6; //[-12:.1:12]
separation=0;//[0:.01:100]
Layers=20; //[1:1:20]
Reed_thickness=2; //[.1:.01:20]
Reed_shape=40; //[3:1:40]
Twist_x=-180; //[-360:1:360]
module Shade(){
if (Show_shade){
for(i=[0:Density:360]){
for(z=[Twist_x,-Twist_x,Twist_x]){
rotate([0,20,i])
linear_extrude(height=Height,twist=z,slices=
Layers,scale=Bowl_shape)
translate([Diameter,separation,0])
rotate([0,20,i])
circle(r=Reed_thickness,$fn=Reed_shape);
}}}}
Shade();Some examples:
