Adjusting for final release

Double Helix Toothbrush Holder Oral-B Revision.scad

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 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
  *	Double Helix Toothbrush Holder Oral-B Revision - Copyright Matthew McClain 2024	       *
+ *  MCGIT     : https://mcgit.place/MatCat-Models/Double_Helix_Toothbrush_Holder           *
+ *  Printables: https://www.printables.com/model/713927-double-helix-toothbrush-holder	   *
  * 											                                               *
  *	This project is licensed as such:						   							   *
  * 	You are free to use this code for personal use.  If you alter or include this code     *
@@ -12,51 +14,51 @@
  *      interested in a commercial license. 						   					   *
  * 											   											   *
  *	Parameters:									  										   *
- * 	There are 6 parameters to this model as follows,				   					   *
+ * 	There are 9 parameters to this model as follows,				   					   *
  * 											   											   *
- *	height       : The height of the helix in mm.  The total model height will be 	   	   *
- *	               this height + thickness/2 +1			                   				   *
- * 	radius       : The radius of the entire toothbrush holder			   				   *
- * 	thickness    : The radius of the helix spirals			 	   	   					   *
- * 	brushhole    : This is the diameter of the hole the toothbrish will sit in   	       * 
- * 	tubethickness: This will be the tube wall thickness of the toothbrush holder	       * 
- * 	brushes      : Total number of toothbrushes the holder will have		   			   * 
+ *	height        : The height of the helix in mm.  The total model height will be 	   	   *
+ *	                this height + thickness/2 +1-2			                   			   *
+ * 	steps         : This setting will control the granularity of the design, a lower number* 
+ * 				    will result in smoother model but take much longer to render		   * 
+ * 	radius        : The radius of the entire toothbrush holder			   				   *
+ * 	thickness     : The radius of the helix spirals			 	   	   					   *
+ * 	brushhole     : This is the diameter of the hole the toothbrish will sit in   	       * 
+ * 	tubethickness : This will be the tube wall thickness of the toothbrush holder	       * 
+ * 	floorthickness:	The thickness from the bottom of the model to floor of brush tube      * 
+ * 	drainholediam : The diameter of the drain hole at the buttom of each brush tube  	   * 
+ * 	brushes       : Total number of toothbrushes the holder will have		   			   * 
  * 											   											   * 
  * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 $fn = 60;
 height = 100;		// This is the total height of the toothbrush holder
+steps = 3;			// Number of steps to take to get to height
 radius = 35;		// This is the total radius of the tothbrush holder
 thickness = 32;		// This is the thickness of the toothbrush holder twists
 brushhole = 26;		// This is the thickness of the hole a toothbrush will sit in
 tubethickness = 2;	// This is the wall thickness of the toothbrush tube walls
+floorthickness = 2; // How thick should the floor be on the bottom of the holder
+drainholediam = 5;  // Diamater of drain hole at bottom of brush holder tubes
 brushes = 5;		// Total number of brushes
+
 difference() {
 	union() {
-		for (i=[0:height]) {
+		for (i=[0:steps:height-steps]) {
 			// Twist 1
 			hull() {
 				rotate([0,0,(360*i)/height]) translate([radius,0,i]) sphere(d=thickness);
-				rotate([0,0,(360*(i+1))/height]) translate([radius,0,i+1]) sphere(d=thickness);
+				rotate([0,0,(360*(i+steps))/height]) translate([radius,0,i+steps]) sphere(d=thickness);
 			}
 			// Twist 2
 			hull() {
 				rotate([0,0,(360*(i-(height/2)))/height]) translate([radius,0,i]) sphere(d=thickness);
-				rotate([0,0,(360*((i+1)-(height/2)))/height]) translate([radius,0,i+1]) sphere(d=thickness);
+				rotate([0,0,(360*((i+steps)-(height/2)))/height]) translate([radius,0,i+steps]) sphere(d=thickness);
 			}
-			// Base
-			hull() {
-				rotate([0,0,(360*i)/height]) translate([radius,0,0]) sphere(d=thickness);
-				rotate([0,0,(360*(i+1))/height]) translate([radius,0,0]) sphere(d=thickness);
-			}
-			// Top Ring
-			hull() {
-				rotate([0,0,(360*i)/height]) translate([radius,0,height+1]) sphere(d=thickness);
-				rotate([0,0,(360*(i+1))/height]) translate([radius,0,height+1]) sphere(d=thickness);
-			}
-			
-
 		}
+		// Base Ring
+		rotate_extrude(convexity=10) translate([radius,0,0]) circle(d=thickness);
+		// Top Ring
+		translate([0,0,height]) rotate_extrude(convexity=10) translate([radius,0,0]) circle(d=thickness);
 		// Toothbrush pillar
 		for (i=[0:brushes-1]) {
 			rotate([0,0,(360/brushes)*i]) translate([radius,0,0]) cylinder(d=brushhole+(tubethickness*2),h=height);
@@ -64,7 +66,10 @@ difference() {
 	}
 	// Toothbrush Hole
 	for (i=[0:brushes-1]) {
-		rotate([0,0,(360/brushes)*i]) translate([radius,0,radius/2]) cylinder(d=brushhole,h=height);
+		rotate([0,0,(360/brushes)*i]) translate([radius,0,floorthickness]) cylinder(d=brushhole,h=height+(thickness/2));
+		// Drain Hole
+		rotate([0,0,(360/brushes)*i]) translate([radius,0,-thickness/2]) cylinder(d=drainholediam,h=thickness);
 	}
-
+	// Flatten bottom some to make for better print adhesion
+	translate([-(radius*1.5),-(radius*1.5),-((thickness/2)+floorthickness)]) cube([radius*3,radius*3,thickness/2]);
 }

Double Helix Toothbrush Holder Standard Revision.scad

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+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
+ *	Double Helix Toothbrush Holder Standard Revision - Copyright Matthew McClain 2024	   *
+ *  MCGIT     : https://mcgit.place/MatCat-Models/Double_Helix_Toothbrush_Holder           *
+ *  Printables: https://www.printables.com/model/713927-double-helix-toothbrush-holder     *
+ * 											                                               *
+ *	This project is licensed as such:						   							   *
+ * 	You are free to use this code for personal use.  If you alter or include this code     *
+ *	in your own projects you must include credit to my name and a link to this project     *
+ *	either to the printables.com page, or mcgit repository.				                   *
+ *	Commercial use is prohibited without a commercial license.  This includes either   	   *
+ * 	selling the code or model files derived from the code, as well as printing for         *				
+ *      the purpose of selling.  I am more then happy to offer a commerical license for    *
+ * 	a reasonable offer.  Please contact me via printables.com or mcgit if you are          *
+ *      interested in a commercial license. 						   					   *
+ * 											   											   *
+ *	Parameters:									  										   *
+ * 	There are 9 parameters to this model as follows,				   					   *
+ * 											   											   *
+ *	height        : The height of the helix in mm.  The total model height will be 	   	   *
+ *	                this height + thickness/2 +1-2			                   			   *
+ * 	steps         : This setting will control the granularity of the design, a lower number* 
+ * 				    will result in smoother model but take much longer to render		   * 
+ * 	radius        : The radius of the entire toothbrush holder			   				   *
+ * 	thickness     : The radius of the helix spirals			 	   	   					   *
+ * 	brushhole     : This is the diameter of the hole the toothbrish will sit in   	       * 
+ * 	tubethickness : This will be the tube wall thickness of the toothbrush holder	       * 
+ * 	floorthickness:	The thickness from the bottom of the model to floor of brush tube      * 
+ * 	drainholediam : The diameter of the drain hole at the buttom of each brush tube  	   * 
+ * 	brushes       : Total number of toothbrushes the holder will have		   			   * 
+ * 											   											   * 
+ * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+$fn = 60;
+height = 100;		// This is the total height of the toothbrush holder
+steps = 3;			// Number of steps to take to get to height
+radius = 25;		// This is the total radius of the tothbrush holder
+thickness = 20;		// This is the thickness of the toothbrush holder twists
+brushhole = 16;		// This is the thickness of the hole a toothbrush will sit in
+tubethickness = 2;	// This is the wall thickness of the toothbrush tube walls
+floorthickness = 2; // How thick should the floor be on the bottom of the holder
+drainholediam = 5;  // Diamater of drain hole at bottom of brush holder tubes
+brushes = 6;		// Total number of brushes
+
+difference() {
+	union() {
+		for (i=[0:steps:height-steps]) {
+			// Twist 1
+			hull() {
+				rotate([0,0,(360*i)/height]) translate([radius,0,i]) sphere(d=thickness);
+				rotate([0,0,(360*(i+steps))/height]) translate([radius,0,i+steps]) sphere(d=thickness);
+			}
+			// Twist 2
+			hull() {
+				rotate([0,0,(360*(i-(height/2)))/height]) translate([radius,0,i]) sphere(d=thickness);
+				rotate([0,0,(360*((i+steps)-(height/2)))/height]) translate([radius,0,i+steps]) sphere(d=thickness);
+			}
+		}
+		// Base Ring
+		rotate_extrude(convexity=10) translate([radius,0,0]) circle(d=thickness);
+		// Top Ring
+		translate([0,0,height]) rotate_extrude(convexity=10) translate([radius,0,0]) circle(d=thickness);
+		// Toothbrush pillar
+		for (i=[0:brushes-1]) {
+			rotate([0,0,(360/brushes)*i]) translate([radius,0,0]) cylinder(d=brushhole+(tubethickness*2),h=height);
+		}
+	}
+	// Toothbrush Hole
+	for (i=[0:brushes-1]) {
+		rotate([0,0,(360/brushes)*i]) translate([radius,0,floorthickness]) cylinder(d=brushhole,h=height+(thickness/2));
+		// Drain Hole
+		rotate([0,0,(360/brushes)*i]) translate([radius,0,-thickness/2]) cylinder(d=drainholediam,h=thickness);
+	}
+	// Flatten bottom some to make for better print adhesion
+	translate([-(radius*1.5),-(radius*1.5),-((thickness/2)+floorthickness)]) cube([radius*3,radius*3,thickness/2]);
+}

README.md

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 # Double Helix Toothbrush Holder Oral-B Revision
 
+MCGIT     : https://mcgit.place/MatCat-Models/Double_Helix_Toothbrush_Holder
+Printables: https://www.printables.com/model/713927-double-helix-toothbrush-holder
+
 Copyright Matthew McClain 2024
 
+	This is a fun decorative toothbrush holder based on the idea of the DNA double helix.  This model is fully parametric using OpenSCAD.  There are 2 OpenSCAD files included, one is a standard toothbrush holder designed to hold normal standard toothbrushes, and an Oral-B version designed to hold Oral-B electric toothbrushes.  There are STL models included  for 2-6 standard toothbrushes, and for 2-5 Oral-B toothbrushes.  
+
+	Note on using OpenSCAD parametrics:  This is actually a fairly complex model to render, it may take a while (up to an hour on slower systems), you can speed this up by increasing the step parameter, or decreasing the $fn parameter, though keep in mind the more you adjust those parameters the more blocky / low poly the result will be, and inversely the smoother the output will be, at a sacrifice of time taken to render.
+
+	For printing support should not be required on most models, though on versions with lower toothbrush tubes it may be required only on the very top ring.
+
 ## License
 
 	You are free to use this code for personal use.  If you alter or include this code in your own projects you must include credit to my name and a link to this project either to the printables.com page, or mcgit repository.
@@ -14,11 +23,13 @@ Copyright Matthew McClain 2024
 
 	There are 6 parameters to this model as follows
 
-* height: The height of the helix in mm.  The total model height will be
-         this height + thickness/2 +1
+* height: The height of the helix in mm.  The total model height will be this height + thickness/2 +1-2
+* steps: This setting will control the granularity of the design, a lower number will result in smoother model but take much longer to render
 * radius: The radius of the entire toothbrush holder
 * thickness: The radius of the helix spirals
 * brushhole: This is the diameter of the hole the toothbrish will sit in
 * tubethickness: This will be the tube wall thickness of the toothbrush holder
+* floorthickness: The thickness from the bottom of the model to floor of brush tube
+* drainholediam: The diameter of the drain hole at the buttom of each brush tube
 * brushes: Total number of toothbrushes the holder will have