Christmas Tree Extrusion


Type: Mini-lesson

Theme: Engineering

Grades: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Learning Target: Students will use coordinate pairs to create an extrusion Christmas tree in OpenSCAD.

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Instructions
  1. Create one-half of a Christmas tree design, used for extrusion. It must start at (0,0). The final point must end on the y-axis. Example: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/rxrd99lw88
  2. Use the web browser Javascript console F-12 > Console to paste-enter the following code to extract the coordinates for use in OpenSCAD. Copy output from the console log.
state = Calc.getState()
ordered_pairs = "";
pair="";
for (let i = 0; i < state.expressions.list.length; i++) {
if (state.expressions.list[i].type == "table") {
for (let k = 0; k < state.expressions.list[i].columns[0].values.length; k++) {
ordered_pairs += ",["+state.expressions.list[i].columns[0].values[k]+","+state.expressions.list[i].columns[1].values[k]+"]";
}
}
}
console.log(ordered_pairs.substring(1));
  1. Use Extruding a Polygon in OpenSCAD with point pairs: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Using_the_2D_Subsystem#Extruding_a_Polygon
rotate_extrude($fn=200) polygon( points=[[0,0],[1,0],[1,1],[2,1],[1,2],[2,2],[1,3],[1.5,3],[0,6]] );
  1. Color.
  2. Render, snip and submit.
Exit Ticket
How could you have made your tree more realistic?
CCSS Math Practice
  • I can model with mathematics.
  • I can look for and make use of structure.
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts
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