OpenSCAD Is Kinda Neat

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• NABDad@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’m not sure how complicated things can get, but here’s something I designed with OpenSCAD that I thought was fairly complex:

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  If you sing along, the lyrics are, “A dream is a wish your heart makes.”

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  • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Wow. Here I’m happy with “check out this cylinder I’m using to wedge between things”

    (I’ve done a few other weird things, but I’m most proud of my shims that are the right size)

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    • Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I’ve been using openscad to create a dual-filament direct drive print head for my Ender 3. Got the whole thing printed but I have to run a couple more wires up the cable harness to control the new servo and read the filament runout sensor.

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  • Jocarnail@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Wow, that is absolutely mind-blowing. I never expected it to work with such complex designs! Mind sharing some tips or examples of how you accomplished this? I’m really curious about the notes around the ring

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• alx@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  i’ve used a little bit of it in the past, but now i’m learning Build123d instead. It seems better about basically everything

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  • P13@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Just as I was coming to terms with OpenSCAD syntax…

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  • StellarExtract@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I can second, build123d is awesome! Splines, fillets, full object-oriented programming techniques if you care to use them including directly referencing properties of existing parts, which is something OpenSCAD fundamentally cannot do. It has two syntaxes you can choose from, one more oriented toward traditional CAD users (builder mode) and one more oriented toward developers (algebra mode). As a developer, I have found it much easier to work with algebra mode versus builder mode.

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  • cecilkorik@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Huh, I already built my own Python wrapper around OpenSCAD’s horrible syntax and editor, but that looks like a much better solution. Thanks!

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  • nieminen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Thanks for this, tried openscad once for a real project. Did okay, but it’s a pretty steep learning curve. Will try this next.

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• nieminen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I tried it once after stumbling on the fact it existed when searching the software bazaar for cad programs. I did okay, using it. But couldn’t get a firm grasp on certain things. Here’s a stand for my work laptop that I used openSCAD to create.

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  Next I’m gonna try the one suggested by the other commenter: build123d.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

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