// Ring Solar Charger — Vinyl Siding Adapter Plate // BACKUP: flat upper rear + slow lower taper, no bead coping groove yet. // Units: millimeters. Vanilla OpenSCAD only. /* [Plate] */ plate_width = 93.1; plate_height = 171.45; min_wall_thickness = 3.0; edge_round = 0; /* [Siding Profile] */ siding_projection = 27.0; face_inset_depth = 8.0; flat_upper_ratio = 0.55; course_pitch = 165.1; profile_segments = 8; profile_mode = "curved"; rear_clearance = 0.2; /* [Mounting Holes] */ mount_hole_offset_top = 50.0; mount_hole_offset_bottom = 44.7; mount_hole_dia = 4.5; mount_hole_x = 0; /* [Export] */ part_mode = "full"; profile_strip_width = 20; /* [Hidden] */ $fn = 64; epsilon = 0.01; function projection_z() = siding_projection - rear_clearance; function face_inset_z() = projection_z() - face_inset_depth; function face_y_flat_end() = plate_height * (1 - flat_upper_ratio); function lower_curve_z(y) = let( y1 = face_y_flat_end(), t = y / max(y1, epsilon), ease = pow(sin(t * 90), 1.4), z_bottom = projection_z(), z_top = face_inset_z() ) z_top + (z_bottom - z_top) * (1 - ease); function stepped_rear_z(y) = y >= face_y_flat_end() ? face_inset_z() : projection_z(); function rear_z_at(y) = y >= face_y_flat_end() ? face_inset_z() : profile_mode == "stepped" ? stepped_rear_z(y) : lower_curve_z(y); function rear_profile_points() = let(step = plate_height / max(profile_segments * 12, 24)) [for (y = [0 : step : plate_height]) [y, rear_z_at(y)]]; function max_rear_z() = let(pts = rear_profile_points()) max([for (p = pts) p[1]]); function front_z() = max_rear_z() + min_wall_thickness; function rear_y_min() = min([for (p = rear_profile_points()) p[1]]); function minkowski_active() = edge_round > 0 && min_wall_thickness >= 2 * edge_round + 1; function hole_y_min() = rear_y_min() - (minkowski_active() ? edge_round : 0) - epsilon; function hole_y_max() = front_z() + (minkowski_active() ? edge_round : 0) + epsilon; function cross_section_polygon() = let( rear_pts = rear_profile_points(), fz = front_z() ) [ for (p = rear_pts) p, [plate_height, fz], [0, fz] ]; module cross_section_2d() { polygon(cross_section_polygon()); } module adapter_body(width) { linear_extrude(width, center = true) cross_section_2d(); } module mount_holes() { y_min = hole_y_min(); y_max = hole_y_max(); hole_depth = y_max - y_min; center_y = (y_min + y_max) / 2; for (y_pos = [plate_height - mount_hole_offset_top, mount_hole_offset_bottom]) { translate([y_pos, center_y, mount_hole_x]) rotate([90, 0, 0]) cylinder(h = hole_depth, d = mount_hole_dia, center = true); } } module rounded_body(width) { if (minkowski_active()) { minkowski() { adapter_body(max(width - 2 * edge_round, 1)); sphere(r = edge_round); } } else { adapter_body(width); } } module adapter_plate() { width = part_mode == "profile_strip" ? profile_strip_width : plate_width; if (part_mode == "full") { difference() { rounded_body(width); mount_holes(); } } else { rounded_body(width); } } adapter_plate();