use /* [Basic] */ stick_leng = 80; stick_diameter = 5; inner_square_leng = 60; leng_diff = 1.75; min_leng = 13; stick_fn = 24; /* [Advanced] */ cap_style = "CAP_CIRCLE"; // [CAP_BUTT, CAP_CIRCLE, CAP_SPHERE] angle_offset = 5; layer_offset = 1.2; module stick_square(inner_square_leng, stick_leng, stick_diameter, cap_style) { diff_leng = stick_leng - inner_square_leng; half_inner_square_leng = inner_square_leng / 2; half_stick_leng = stick_leng / 2; module stick() { line3d( [0, -half_stick_leng, 0], [0, half_stick_leng, 0], stick_diameter, cap_style, cap_style ); } module sticks() { translate([-half_inner_square_leng, 0, 0]) stick(); translate([half_inner_square_leng, 0, 0]) stick(); } sticks(); translate([0, 0, stick_diameter]) rotate(90) sticks(); } module spiral_stack(orig_leng, orig_height, current_leng, leng_diff, min_leng, angle_offset, pre_height = 0, i = 0) { if(current_leng > min_leng) { angle = atan2(leng_diff, current_leng - leng_diff); factor = current_leng / orig_leng; translate([0, 0, pre_height]) scale(factor) children(); next_square_leng = sqrt(pow(leng_diff, 2) + pow(current_leng - leng_diff, 2)); height = factor * orig_height + pre_height; rotate(angle + angle_offset) spiral_stack( orig_leng, orig_height, next_square_leng, leng_diff, min_leng, angle_offset, height, i + 1 ) children(); } } height = stick_diameter * layer_offset; $fn = stick_fn; spiral_stack(inner_square_leng, stick_diameter * 2, inner_square_leng, leng_diff, min_leng, angle_offset) stick_square( inner_square_leng, stick_leng, height, cap_style );