Hi all,

Being new to openScad I'm exploring its methods with a view to replacing
another CAD program I have.

I have wriiten this:-

$fn = 50;

module RadialCopy( numCopies, radius)
{
    dtr = PI/180;
    angStep = 360/numCopies;

    for(i=[0:angStep:360])
    {
        x = radiuscos(i);
        y = radiussin(i);

        translate([x,y,0])cylinder(5,1,true);
    }
}

// Call the RadialCopy module

RadialCopy( 6, 10);

which copies a cylinder <numCopies> times around a centre point.

but what if I wanted to copy another object like a sphere or a cube ? I
would have to change the RadialCopy module each time, instead I want to
keep the generality of the module, and pass the object I want to copy as
a parameter.

Can I do this ? I've read a bit about using children but didn't really
understand it or get it to work the way I wanted.

Any advice appreciated.

thanks,

Steve.

$fn = 50;

module RadialCopy( numCopies, radius)
{
dtr = PI/180;
angStep = 360/numCopies;

 for(i=[0:angStep:360])
 {
     x = radius*cos(i);
     y = radius*sin(i);

     translate([x,y,0]) children();
 }

}

// Call the RadialCopy module

RadialCopy( 6, 10)
cylinder(5,1,true);

RadialCopy( 6, 15)
cube(1);

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Thanks very much, brilliant !

Steve

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