static CsgObject DialGaugeMount()
{
// CSG object is a Constructive Solid Geometry Object (a basic part in our system for doing boolean operations).
CsgObject dialGauge; // the csg object we will use as the master part.
CsgObject frontBarRide = new Box(50, xCarriageBarWidth + 4, xCarriageBarWidth / 2 + 4);
CsgObject barGroove = new Cylinder(xCarriageBarWidth / 2, frontBarRide.XSize + .2, Alignment.x);
barGroove = new Translate(barGroove, 0, 0, -barGroove.ZSize / 2);
frontBarRide -= barGroove;
dialGauge = frontBarRide;
CsgObject backBarRide = frontBarRide.NewMirrorAccrossY();
backBarRide = new Translate(backBarRide, 0, xCarriageSeparation, 0);
dialGauge += backBarRide;
CsgObject frontSideWall = new Box(frontBarRide.XSize, wallWidth, wallHeight);
frontSideWall = new Align(frontSideWall, Face.Front | Face.Top, frontBarRide, Face.Back | Face.Top, offsetY: -.02); // offset it to ensure good stl geometry
dialGauge += frontSideWall;
CsgObject backSideWall = new Box(frontBarRide.XSize, wallWidth, wallHeight);
backSideWall = new Align(backSideWall, Face.Back | Face.Top, backBarRide, Face.Front | Face.Top, offsetY: .02); // offset it to ensure good stl geometry
dialGauge += backSideWall;
// make the plate on the bottom
double distanceAccrossBottom = backSideWall.GetAxisAlignedBoundingBox().minXYZ.y - frontSideWall.GetAxisAlignedBoundingBox().maxXYZ.y;
CsgObject dialBase = new Box(frontBarRide.XSize, distanceAccrossBottom + .02, wallWidth); // make it bigger so it is manifold
dialBase = new Align(dialBase, Face.Front | Face.Bottom, frontSideWall, Face.Back | Face.Bottom, offsetY: .01);
dialGauge += dialBase;
// an some side walls for strength
CsgObject leftSideWall = new Box(wallWidth, dialBase.YSize, frontSideWall.ZSize, "#leftsidewall");
leftSideWall = new Align(leftSideWall, Face.Left | Face.Bottom | Face.Front, dialBase, Face.Left | Face.Bottom | Face.Front);
dialGauge += leftSideWall;
CsgObject rightSideWall = new Box(wallWidth, dialBase.YSize, frontSideWall.ZSize, "#rightsidewall");
rightSideWall = new Align(rightSideWall, Face.Right | Face.Bottom | Face.Front, dialBase, Face.Right | Face.Bottom | Face.Front);
dialGauge += rightSideWall;
CsgObject dialGaugeHole = new Cylinder(diameterOfDialGaugeBar / 2, dialBase.ZSize + .02, Alignment.z);
dialGaugeHole = new SetCenter(dialGaugeHole, dialBase.GetCenter() + new Vector3(0, dialGaugeBarOffsetFromCenter, 0));
dialGauge -= dialGaugeHole;
CsgObject bridgeSupport = new Box(dialBase.XSize, dialBase.YSize, .5, "#test");
bridgeSupport = new SetCenter(bridgeSupport, dialBase.GetCenter());
bridgeSupport = new Align(bridgeSupport, Face.Top, dialBase, Face.Top);
dialGauge += bridgeSupport;
return(dialGauge);
}
