Braiding

The objects shown were created via OpenSCAD scripts which were generated by JavaScript .

http://kitwallace.co.uk/3d/braidmaker.html

This performs braiding of an NxM grid, with added holes, and provides output as SVG or OpenSCAD. For a complete grid, braiding creates gcd(N,M) separate links or ropes. Thus if N and M are relatively prime, braiding is done with a single rope, while a square grid NxN requires N ropes.

The OpenSCAD code generally works but sometimes encounters problems