LED lamp parameterized including source code

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I wanted to create a sleek designed LED-stripe lamp with three arms, 1.5 meters high for the living room to impress my wife and show what can be done with a 3D printer (20 cm bed size). The lighted arms should start in the base (where the power supply is plugged in), turning around like a bow. To achieve a height of up to 1.5m, I had to cut the arms into several pieces, each a maximum length of 20cm. Each piece needed to have the width to take at least one LED stripe. To allow the light to shine through, the top of each piece is made of clear PLA. After printing, you must plug (and glue) the pieces together and insert a strip of LED inside. I made a first test lamp with a height of 5cm, which works fine. Then I started a real lamp test with a 30cm lamp, which also worked great (see pictures). I wanted to start the real lamp with a height of 1.5m... But my wife didn't want to have 'plastics' in her living room! So the final proof of concept is missing yet. Maybe you can try this and show me how it works? Just replace the parameters 'Durchm' (height of the lamp in mm) and 'AnzElem' (Count of faces). 'Dicke' is for the amount of material for the arms, LedB and LedH are for the width and height of your LED stripe. All angles (and other parameters) will be calculated automatically from this. Print Settings: Printer: Self-made Ultimaker Rafts: No Supports: No Resolution: 0.1mm - 0.2mm Infill: Doesn't matter Notes: Don't forget to print some parts in clear PLA! Post-Printing: Just glue the parts together and add a strip of LED inside...