Category: 3D printing
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Solids of constant width – the Meissner Tetrahedron – in OpenSCAD
Lots of people know about curves of constant width – for example the UK 50p and 20p coins: despite their apparent non-roundness they have constant width when measured by parallel jawed calipers or the mechanisms inside vending machines. If the shapes of these coins are extruded as prisms they can be used as rollers for…