Parametric Shipping Container by gundyboyz

Last crawled date: 3 years, 1 month ago

An OpenSCAD script to create models of shipping containers for home design.
Specify the container size (20' or 40')
Specify the container height (standard or High Cube)
Specify the scale e.g. 1:100
Decide if you want the 'ridges' or not
Decide if you want a roof lid printing or not
Define any number of openings, windows, internal walls and text
To define various aspects of the container, find the 'CONTAINER = [' line in the script, then add as many items as you like (the script comes with a sample - you'll obviously want to replace the items, but they serve as a good example of how to create a container).
Opening
A hole in the container from floor to ceiling.
Example:opening(dir="s", x=0.25, width=4),
dir: the side you want the opening on... "n", "s", "e", "w"
x: the position (in m) to start the opening
width: the width (in m) of the opening
Window
A window in the container (you'll need to include platforms when slicing)
Example:window(dir="n", x=0.75, y=0.8, width=1.8, height=1.2),
dir: the side you want the window on... "n", "s", "e", "w"
x: the position (in m) to start the window
y: the height off the ground (in m) of the window
width: the width (in m) of the window
height: the height (in m) of the window
Wall
An internal wall in the container.
Example:wall(dir="h", x=1, y=1.2, length=1.5),
dir: the horizontal/vertical direction of the wall... "h", "v"
x: the position (in m) to start the wall
y: the position (in m) to start the wall
length: the length (in m) of the wall
Text
Text embedded in the floor of the container (unfortunately it can't yet be rotated)
Example:text(text="Bed 1", x=3.0, y=1.7, size=8),
text: the text to show (keep it short!)
x: the position (in m) to start the text
y: the position (in m) to start the text
size: the text font size
Walls and Text are a bit hit and miss... keep adjusting the values and previewing the model until it looks good!
Note: I'm new to this OpenSCAD stuff, so happy to hear comments/suggestions for improvements :D