# tricycle-mechanical-design

Design of a highly experimental recumbent tricycle, not software at all.

![Latest render](sketches/latest-render.png)

## Status

Still at a very preliminary, pre-prototype stage. Work is documented [here](https://www.journeyman.cc/blog/tags-output/Tricycle/).

The current model is built with [OpenSCAD](https://openscad.org/); to render the model, open `model/tricycle.scad`.

## Dependencies

The following libraries are used into this model. They should be downloaded and installed into your [OpenSCAD library directory](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Libraries), which on Linux systems is usually `$HOME/.local/share/OpenSCAD/libraries`.

| Library                                                      | Referenced as      | Author                                                       | Licence                                                      | Notes                                                    |
| ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| [BentSim](https://github.com/PRouzeau/BentSim)               | BentSim            | [Pierre Rouzeau](https://rouzeau.net/)                       | [GPL](https://github.com/PRouzeau/BentSim/blob/master/LICENSE) | Currently not used; appears to have conflicts with BOSL2 |
| [Sprocket Generator V2](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3059422) | SprocketGenerator2 | [Hampus Andersson](https://www.thingiverse.com/haand001/designs) | [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |                                                          |
| [NACA Airfoils - 4 digit fully parametric](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:898554)] | NACAAirfoils       | [Rudolf Huttary](https://www.thingiverse.com/parkinbot/designs) | [Creative Commons - Attribution - Non-Commercial](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) |                                                          |
| [The Belfry OpenScad Library, v2](https://github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2) | BOSL2              | Numerous contributors                                        | [BSD 2-Clause](https://github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2/blob/master/LICENSE) |                                                          |



## Copyright

Copyright © Simon Brooke, 2024-2025; may be used and modified under [Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) licence.