NAME

  Attach::Stuff - Attach stuff to other stuff

SYNOPSIS

    use Attach::Stuff;

    # You've got a board that's 26x34 mm, with two screw holes with a 
    # 2 mm diameter, spaced 3mm from the edge
    my $attach = Attach::Stuff->new({
        width                => 26,
        height               => 34,
        stroke_width         => 0.3,
        screw_default_radius => 1.25, # 2mm diameter, plus some wiggle room
        screw_holes          => [
            [ 3,       3 ],
            [ 26 - 3,  3 ],
        ],
    });
    my $svg = $attach->draw;
    print $svg->xmlify;

DESCRIPTION

You've got stuff, like a PCB board, that needs to be attached to other stuff, like a lasercut enclosure. How do you attach the stuff to the other stuff? This is a question we ask a lot when doing homebuilt Internet of Things projects. Perl has the "Internet" half down pat. This module is an attempt to improve the "Things" part.

Lasercutters and other CNC machines often work with SVGs. Or more likely SVGs can be converted into something that are converted into G-code by whatever turd of a software package came with your CNC machine. Whatever the case, you can probably start with an SVG and work your way from there.

Before you can get there, you need measurements of the board and the location of the screw holes. If you're lucky, you can find full schematics for your board that will tell you the sizes exactly. If not, you'll need to get out some callipers and possibly do some guesswork.

Protip: if you had to guess on some of the locations, etch a prototype into cardboard. Then you can lay the board over the cardboard and see if it matches up right.

METHODS

new

Constructor. Has the attributes below. Note that all lengths are measured in millimeters.

• width

• height

• stroke_width - The width of the lines. Defaults to 0.3.

• screw_default_radius - All screws will be this radius. Currently, there is no way to specify a screw with any other radius. It's recommended to add a little extra to the radius to fit the screws through.

• screw_holes - Arrayref of arrayrefs of the x/y coords of screw holes

draw

Draw based on the parameters given in the constructor. Returns an SVG object.

mm_to_px

Takes a measurement in millimeters and returns the length in pixels according to the SVG standard. Useful if you need to draw more complex shapes for your board after Attach::Stuff did the basics. See the examples/rpi_camera.pl file in this distribution for an example of this.

SEE ALSO

SVG

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2015, Timm Murray All rights reserved.

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