Nuban-themed Hut

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A Nuban-themed, multi-turret hutThis model is based primarily on information from the following two articles in National Geographic magazine:February, 1951 "With the Nuba Hillmen of Kordofan", Robin Strachan, pg 249-278November, 1966 "Proud Primitives, the Nuba People", Oskar and Horst Luz pg 672-699Walls are thicker at the base. Window and doorway edges are not rounded, because I didn't see an easy way to do this.The roof is not attached to the walls, but rather floating just slightly above. Its shape is meant to model that of a straw roof. The courtyard is round and without a covering, unlike those shown in National Geographic.Doorways can be either keyhole or arch-shaped. The main entry can be through a turret or the courtyard, or both.While the number of turrets (or tukls) can be set via a parameter, this model is sized for 5 turrets. The courtyard entry option assumes the number of turrets is odd, and that there is actually space for the entry.I think it's interesting that if this structure were built real size, using 3D printing techniques to deposit concrete, a single fixed-radius arm is all that's needed for building the turrets -- only azimuthal and height movement would be required. The circular courtyard would require a second radius.This model was constructed for the purpose of learning about OpenSCAD. I have not tried to print this geometry, as I don't have a 3D printer.