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Tubular Structures
==================

This project aims to build a number of useful structures out of easily
sourceable aluminium tubes that easily fit in the boot of a compact car
and custom 3Dprinted joints.

Already buildable structures include a number of banner stands and
parasols.

Instructions
------------

### Building the 3D models

To generate the .stl files for each piece you need Make (tested with
[GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/)) and
[OpenSCAD](http://www.openscad.org/); one you have installed these
dependencies just run:

    $ make

from the root directory of this repository and wait.

Example settings for [Slic3r](http://slic3r.org/) are available in the
conf directory: you can load them in Slic3r, change the settings
(expecially those related to the printer) and re-export them in place.
Then you can use:

    $ make gcode

from the root directory of the repository to generate .gcode files which
can be sent to your printer.

### Assembly

To assembly most structures you'll need a number of 1m long aluminium
tubes; the models assume that they are 16mm in diameter, but they can be
customized.

### Readme

The file README.md is generated from README.rst with:

    pandoc -o README.md README.rst

and is included in the repo for the benefit of gitorious.

License
-------

Copyright 2013-2014 Elena Grandi

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit
<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/>.