Sprues

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Sprue Cluster Tree

Creates a cluster casting tree (wire lattice of cells around a trunk) and places copies of the pieces in its cells

Nickname: Sprue Cluster · Tab: Manufacturing › Sprues

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Enable	Enable	Boolean	item	false	Enable this sprue
Base Point	Pt	Point	item	Point3d.Origin	Base point of the tree
Pieces (optional)	Pieces	Mesh	list	—	Pieces to place in the cells (one mesh each)
Copies	Copies	Integer	list	List<int> { 10 }	Copies of each piece: one value per piece, or a single value for all
Diameter	D	Number	item	d.Diameter	Lattice diameter
Height	H	Number	item	d.Height	Lattice height
Cells Around	Cells	Integer	item	d.CellsAround	Cells around the trunk per row
Rows	Rows	Integer	item	d.Rows	Number of rows of cells
Wire Diameter	WireD	Number	item	d.WireDiameter	Lattice wire diameter
Central Diameter	CentralD	Number	item	d.CentralDiameter	Central trunk diameter
Base Height	BaseH	Number	item	d.BaseHeight	Base height
Wire Offset Z	WireZ	Number	item	d.WireOffsetZ	Height of the first wire row over the base
Leg Diameter	LegD	Number	item	d.LegDiameter	Leg diameter
Leg Count	Legs	Integer	item	d.LegCount	Number of legs
Leg Separation	LegSep	Number	item	d.LegSeparation	Separation between legs
Show Rings	Rings	Boolean	item	d.ShowRings	Build the horizontal rings of the lattice
Connector Diameter	ConnD	Number	item	d.ConnectorDiameter	Connector diameter from the wire to the piece
Connector Length	ConnL	Number	item	d.ConnectorLength	Connector length
Connector Angle	ConnA	Number	item	d.ConnectorAngle	Connector angle (degrees)
Connector Rotation	ConnR	Number	item	d.ConnectorRotation	Connector rotation (degrees)
Connector Inside	ConnIn	Number	item	e.ConnectorInside	How far the connector enters the piece
Securing Diameter	SecureD	Number	item	d.SecuringConnectorDiameter	Diameter of the securing connectors
Clearance Margin	Margin	Number	item	e.ClearanceMargin	Minimum clearance between pieces before flagging a collision

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Structure	Structure	Mesh	list	Base, trunk, lattice, legs and connectors
Pieces	Pieces	Mesh	list	The piece copies, placed in the cells
Collisions	Collisions	Integer	item	Number of placed copies that collide with a neighbour

Sprue Curve

Creates a perimeter frame sprue around a piece, with connections to the piece and an injection pipe

Nickname: Sprue Curve · Tab: Manufacturing › Sprues

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Enable	Enable	Boolean	item	false	Enable this sprue
Piece	Piece	Mesh	item	—	Piece mesh the frame goes around
Perimeter (optional)	Perimeter	Curve	item	—	Frame curve (optional: the piece silhouette offset by Offset is used when empty)
Offset	Offset	Number	item	d.Offset	Distance from the piece silhouette to the frame (default perimeter only)
Smooth	Smooth	Integer	item	d.Smooth	Smoothing of the default perimeter
Width	W	Number	item	d.Width	Frame section width
Height	H	Number	item	d.Height	Frame section height
Connection Count	Conns	Integer	item	d.ConnectionCount	Number of connections from the frame to the piece
Connection Diameter	ConnD	Number	item	d.ConnectionObjectDiameter	Connection diameter at the piece
Connection Inside	ConnIn	Number	item	d.ConnectionInside	How far the connections enter the piece
Symmetry	Sym	Text	item	d.Symmetry.ToString()	Connection symmetry: NONE, X, Y, QUAD
Injection Diameter	InjD	Number	item	d.InjectionExternalDiameter	Injection pipe external diameter
Injection Length	InjL	Number	item	d.InjectionLength	Injection pipe length
Injection Inside	InjIn	Number	item	d.InjectionInside	How far the injection pipe enters the frame
Injection Position	InjPos	Number	item	d.InjectionPosition	Position of the injection pipe along the frame (0-1)
Injection Rotation	InjRot	Number	item	d.InjectionRotation	Injection pipe rotation (degrees)

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Meshes	Meshes	Mesh	list	Frame, connections and injection pipe
Perimeter	Perimeter	Curve	item	The frame curve actually used

Sprue External Frame

Creates an external frame sprue around the pieces: a rounded wire frame grown from their bounding box, with connectors along the sides and at the ends

Nickname: Sprue External Frame · Tab: Manufacturing › Sprues

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Enable	Enable	Boolean	item	false	Enable this sprue
Pieces	Pieces	Geometry	list	—	Pieces the frame goes around (meshes, breps or any geometry: their combined bounding box is framed)
Margin	Margin	Number	item	d.Margin	Distance from the pieces’ bounding box to the frame
Corner Radius	Corner	Number	item	d.CornerRadius	Radius of the frame corners
Frame Diameter	FrameD	Number	item	d.FrameDiameter	Diameter of the frame wire
Move Z	MoveZ	Number	item	d.MoveZ	Vertical shift of the frame from the pieces’ mid height
Connector Count	ConnN	Integer	item	0	Connectors along each long side (0 = one per piece)
Connector Separation	ConnSep	Number	item	d.ConnectorSeparation	Distance between consecutive side connectors
Connector Diameter	ConnD	Number	item	d.ConnectorDiameter	Diameter of the connectors
Connector Length	ConnL	Number	item	d.ConnectorLength	Length of the side connectors from the frame into the pieces
Side Offset A	SideA	Number	item	d.SideOffsetA	Shift of the connectors along the first long side
Side Offset B	SideB	Number	item	d.SideOffsetB	Shift of the connectors along the second long side
End Connectors	Ends	Boolean	item	d.EndConnectors	Add a connector at each end of the frame
End Connector Length	EndL	Number	item	d.EndConnectorLength	Length of the end connectors
End Offset A	EndA	Number	item	d.EndOffsetA	Shift of the connector at the first end
End Offset B	EndB	Number	item	d.EndOffsetB	Shift of the connector at the second end

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Meshes	Meshes	Mesh	list	Frame and connector meshes
Perimeter	Perimeter	Curve	item	The frame curve

Sprue External Tree

Creates an external sprue tree from a base point and contact points

Nickname: Sprue External Tree · Tab: Manufacturing › Sprues

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Enable (optional)	Enable	Boolean	item	false	Enable this sprue tree
Base Point (optional)	Pt1	Point	item	Point3d.Unset	Base point for the sprue tree
Contact Points	Contacts	Point	list	—	Contact points for branches
Height (optional)	H	Number	item	20	Tree height
Top Diameter (optional)	Top	Number	item	3	Top diameter
Bottom Diameter (optional)	Bottom	Number	item	5	Bottom diameter
Branch Trunk Diameter (optional)	Trunk	Number	item	2	Branch trunk diameter
Branch Contact Diameter (optional)	Contact	Number	item	0.8	Branch contact diameter

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Meshes	Meshes	Mesh	list	Resulting meshes

Sprue Helix

Creates a helix casting tree from a base point and hangs copies of a piece along the wire

Nickname: Sprue Helix · Tab: Manufacturing › Sprues

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Enable	Enable	Boolean	item	false	Enable this sprue
Base Point	Pt	Point	item	Point3d.Origin	Base point of the tree
Piece (optional)	Piece	Mesh	item	—	Piece to hang along the helix (optional: without it only the structure is built)
Base Width	BaseW	Number	item	d.BaseWidth	Base width
Base Height	BaseH	Number	item	d.BaseHeight	Base height
Trunk Diameter	TrunkD	Number	item	d.TrunkDiameter	Trunk diameter
Trunk Length	TrunkL	Number	item	d.TrunkLength	Trunk length
Helix Diameter	HelixD	Number	item	d.HelixDiameter	Helix diameter
Wire Diameter	WireD	Number	item	d.WireDiameter	Helix wire diameter
Turns	Turns	Integer	item	d.Turns	Number of turns
Support Count	Supports	Integer	item	d.SupportCount	Number of support arms from the trunk to the helix
Support Diameter	SupportD	Number	item	d.SupportDiameter	Support arm diameter
Copies	Copies	Integer	item	d.Copies	Number of piece copies to hang
Separation	Sep	Number	item	d.Separation	Separation between copies along the wire
Clearance Margin	Margin	Number	item	d.ClearanceMargin	Extra clearance used for the collision check
Connector Length	ConnL	Number	item	d.ConnectorLength	Length of the connector from the wire to the piece
Connector Diameter	ConnD	Number	item	d.ConnectorDiameter	Connector diameter
Connector Angle	ConnA	Number	item	d.ConnectorAngle	Connector angle (degrees)
Connector Rotation	ConnR	Number	item	d.ConnectorRotation	Connector rotation (degrees)

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Structure	Structure	Mesh	list	Base, trunk, helix, supports and connectors
Pieces	Pieces	Mesh	list	The piece copies, placed along the helix
Collisions	Collisions	Integer	item	Number of placed copies that collide with a neighbour

Sprue Inner Branch

Creates an inner sprue branch from a base point and contact points

Nickname: Sprue Inner Branch · Tab: Manufacturing › Sprues

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Enable (optional)	Enable	Boolean	item	false	Enable this sprue branch
Base Point (optional)	Pt1	Point	item	Point3d.Unset	Base point for the sprue branch
Contact Points	Contacts	Point	list	—	Contact points for branches
Centre Diameter (optional)	Centre Dia.	Number	item	3	Centre diameter
Contact Diameter (optional)	Contact Dia	Number	item	0.8	Contact diameter
Symmetry (optional)	Sym	Text	item	NONE	Symmetry mode: NONE, X, Y, QUAD

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Meshes	Meshes	Mesh	list	Resulting meshes

Sprue Inner Tree

Creates an inner sprue tree from a base point and contact points

Nickname: Sprue Inner Tree · Tab: Manufacturing › Sprues

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Enable (optional)	Enable	Boolean	item	false	Enable this sprue tree
Base Point (optional)	Base Pt	Point	item	Point3d.Unset	Base point for the sprue tree
Contact Points	Contact Pts	Point	list	—	Contact points for branches
Top Diameter (optional)	Top Dia.	Number	item	3	Top diameter
Bottom Diameter (optional)	Bottom Dia.	Number	item	5	Bottom diameter
Contact Diameter (optional)	Contact Dia.	Number	item	0.8	Branch contact diameter
Height (optional)	H	Number	item	10	Tree height
Symmetry (optional)	Sym	Text	item	NONE	Symmetry mode: NONE, X, Y, QUAD

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Meshes	Meshes	Geometry	list	Resulting meshes

Sprue Multiple Copies

Creates a trunk between two points and a branch from it to each contact point on the pieces

Nickname: Sprue Multiple Copies · Tab: Manufacturing › Sprues

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Enable	Enable	Boolean	item	false	Enable this sprue
Pieces	Pieces	Mesh	list	—	Piece meshes the branches reach (they are treated as one)
Trunk Start	Pt1	Point	item	—	Start of the trunk
Trunk End	Pt2	Point	item	—	End of the trunk
Contact Points	Contacts	Point	list	—	Contact points on the pieces; each one gets a branch from the closest point of the trunk
Top Diameter	TopD	Number	item	d.TopDiameter	Trunk diameter at the end
Bottom Diameter	BottomD	Number	item	d.BottomDiameter	Trunk diameter at the start
Branch Trunk Diameter	BranchD	Number	item	d.BranchTrunkDiameter	Branch diameter where it leaves the trunk
Branch Contact Diameter	ContactD	Number	item	d.BranchContactDiameter	Branch diameter where it meets the piece

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Meshes	Meshes	Mesh	list	Trunk and branch meshes

Sprue Single

Creates a single sprue from a base point and parameters

Nickname: Sprue Single · Tab: Manufacturing › Sprues

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Enable (optional)	Enable	Boolean	item	false	Enable this sprue
Base Point (optional)	Pt	Point	item	Point3d.Origin	Base point for the sprue
Height (optional)	H	Number	item	2	Sprue height
Top X (optional)	TopX	Number	item	1.5	Top X size
Top Y (optional)	TopY	Number	item	1.5	Top Y size
Bottom X (optional)	BottomX	Number	item	1.5	Bottom X size
Bottom Y (optional)	BottomY	Number	item	1.5	Bottom Y size
Inside Ring (optional)	Inside	Number	item	0.2	Inside ring offset

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Sprue Mesh	Mesh	Mesh	item	Sprue mesh

Sprue Spiral

Creates a flat spiral casting tree from a base point and places copies of a piece along the wire

Nickname: Sprue Spiral · Tab: Manufacturing › Sprues

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Enable	Enable	Boolean	item	false	Enable this sprue
Base Point	Pt	Point	item	Point3d.Origin	Base point of the tree
Piece (optional)	Piece	Mesh	item	—	Piece to place along the spiral (optional: without it only the structure is built)
Max Diameter	MaxD	Number	item	d.MaxDiameter	Outer diameter of the spiral
Inner Diameter	InnerD	Number	item	d.InnerDiameter	Inner diameter of the spiral
Turn Spacing	Spacing	Number	item	d.TurnSpacing	Radial spacing between turns
Turns	Turns	Number	item	d.Turns	Number of turns
Wire Diameter	WireD	Number	item	d.WireDiameter	Spiral wire diameter
Height	H	Number	item	d.Height	Height of the spiral over the base
Centre Diameter	CentreD	Number	item	d.CentreDiameter	Diameter of the central hub
Spoke Count	Spokes	Integer	item	d.SpokeCount	Number of spokes from the hub to the spiral
Leg Diameter	LegD	Number	item	d.LegDiameter	Leg diameter
Leg Separation	LegSep	Number	item	d.LegSeparation	Separation between legs
Show Base	Base	Boolean	item	d.ShowBase	Build the honeycomb base (slow: enable at the end)
Base Cell Size	CellSize	Number	item	d.BaseCellSize	Honeycomb cell size
Base Wall Thickness	WallT	Number	item	d.BaseWallThickness	Honeycomb wall thickness
Base Thickness	BaseT	Number	item	d.BaseThickness	Base plate thickness
Copies	Copies	Integer	item	d.Copies	Number of piece copies to place
Separation	Sep	Number	item	d.Separation	Separation between copies along the wire
Clearance Margin	Margin	Number	item	d.ClearanceMargin	Extra clearance used for the collision check
Connector Length	ConnL	Number	item	d.ConnectorLength	Length of the connector from the wire to the piece
Connector Diameter	ConnD	Number	item	d.ConnectorDiameter	Connector diameter
Connector Angle	ConnA	Number	item	d.ConnectorAngle	Connector angle (degrees)
Connector Rotation	ConnR	Number	item	d.ConnectorRotation	Connector rotation (degrees)

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Structure	Structure	Mesh	list	Spiral, spokes, legs, base and connectors
Pieces	Pieces	Mesh	list	The piece copies, placed along the spiral
Collisions	Collisions	Integer	item	Number of placed copies that collide with a neighbour

Sprue Tree

Creates a casting tree (trunk with floors of branches) and hangs copies of the pieces on it

Nickname: Sprue Tree · Tab: Manufacturing › Sprues

Inputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Default	Description
Enable	Enable	Boolean	item	false	Enable this sprue
Base Point	Pt	Point	item	Point3d.Origin	Base point of the tree
Pieces (optional)	Pieces	Mesh	list	—	Pieces to hang on the tree (one mesh each)
Copies	Copies	Integer	list	List<int> { 10 }	Copies of each piece: one value per piece, or a single value for all
Height	H	Number	item	d.Height	Trunk height
Bottom Diameter	BottomD	Number	item	d.BottomDiameter	Trunk diameter at the base
Top Diameter	TopD	Number	item	d.TopDiameter	Trunk diameter at the top
Base Diameter	BaseD	Number	item	d.BaseDiameter	Base diameter
Base Height	BaseH	Number	item	d.BaseHeight	Base height
Floors	Floors	Integer	item	d.Floors	Number of floors of branches
Per Floor	PerFloor	Integer	item	d.PerFloor	Branches per floor
Floor Stagger	Stagger	Number	item	d.FloorStagger	Rotation offset between consecutive floors (degrees)
Height Stagger	HStagger	Number	item	d.HeightStagger	Height offset between consecutive floors (0-1 of the floor spacing)
Vertical Separation	VSep	Number	item	d.VerticalSeparation	Distance between floors (0 = spread along the trunk height)
Connector Diameter	ConnD	Number	item	d.ConnectorDiameter	Branch diameter
Connector Length	ConnL	Number	item	e.ConnectorLength	Branch length from the trunk to the piece
Connector Angle	ConnA	Number	item	e.ConnectorAngle	Branch angle (degrees)
Connector Rotation	ConnR	Number	item	e.ConnectorRotation	Branch rotation (degrees)
Connector Inside	ConnIn	Number	item	e.ConnectorInside	How far the branch enters the piece
Clearance Margin	Margin	Number	item	d.ClearanceMargin	Minimum clearance between any two pieces before flagging a collision

Outputs

Name	Nickname	Type	Access	Description
Structure	Structure	Mesh	list	Base, trunk and branches
Pieces	Pieces	Mesh	list	The piece copies, placed on the tree
Collisions	Collisions	Integer	item	Number of placed copies that collide with a neighbour