I'm using Fusion 360, other tools are left as an exercise...
Holes are 3.2mm in a 1 cm grid, centered at the center of the disk, and
extending through to edges 12,3,6,9, which helps keep everything stackable.
The edge pattern is 2 deep for strength. Most are 2x5 or 2x3.
A 90mm disk only has room for 2x1.
The holes along the side of the cutouts continue the edge pattern,
and allow for more rigid mounting of adapters, manipulators, etc.
pattern suppression and edge definition
Sketch 1 | On the X,Y plane; centered at 0,0; create a 12 sided circumscribed polygon. |
Extrude 1 | To material thickness |
Sketch 2 | Make one edge pattern, a 3.2mm hole centered 5mm from the edge, rectangular pattern of holes, 2x1 or 2x3 or 2x5. Create a circular pattern of 12 of those edge patterns. |
Extrude 2 | Cut thru all those holes |
Sketch 3 |
Make one cutout pattern,
Holes that are over air will cause Tool Body warnings
Replicate the cutout with a circular pattern of 12, |
Extrude 3 | Cut thru all those new features |
Sketch 4 |
Put a 3.2mm hole in the center, make a rectangular pattern |
Extrude 4 | Cut thru new holes |
Save | Save as Mesh (STL) |
in/petecarpenter - updated 2023-10-10