A Parametric Reel / Spool

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A Custom Parametric Reel / Spool. Unpack reel_1.0_161205.zip and open the documentation with a web browser: $ firefox build_1.0/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); Rendering can take some time due to repeat use of curved segments (upto 10-15 minutes each). Faster rendering would likely be achieved by using more triangles without rounded vertexes and fewer ovals and circles. This design uses omdl. To render the design, this library must be available. More information is available in omdl on thingiverse. 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 v0.2 --yes --install