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latest scad release is NOT the latest release.
go here : http://www.openscad.org/downloads.html

on the right click on: Development Snapshots
Takes you down to the part of the page with the...

Listen, I didn't even understand the question in the geometry thread. So have not looked at it since :-)

And using examples from thje openscad manual is just going to confuse everybody :-)
Not...

Umm, yes ?

There is no such thing as 'best practice'. Only what you are happiest using.
If that's all it takes to save your own modules and use them in scripts. Then that's going to be...

lol - nah, game is cheaper, healthier and once you've done a few, the processing is no big deal.
It's also the cleanest and most human way of killing something.

I use pigeon breast for a lot of...

yep the $fn= command is the 'number of facets' command. Hence the 'facet command' :-)

And yes I am definitely a pheasant pluckers son. My dad was a poacher way back when I was a wee sprog (and we...

Yep - but you can actually learn a lot by doing something the long way round.

Example I had no idea that you could use the facet command for a single model rather than as a purely global...

That actually makes it a whole lot more complicated.
What you're suggesting is that we memorise every single command and symbol BEFORE actually doing anything practical.

I'm actually in the...

didn't you hollow it out ?

well that's easy enough.
Copy and paste the first module.

just reduce the size of the original by 2-3mm all round. Call it removeblock module. And difference the...

Well I frowned at it :-)

We're pretty much beginners here - so be gentle with us :-)

Okay i copied and pasted the script - weird how the formatting just doesn't survive a copy and paste.
...

I like the indenting idea.

What's the '36' refer to ?
I know there are a lot of compact ways to write the parameters for a command - but can we stick to longhand for the time being ?

download link ?

I'm all for anything that's quicker. I have no problem with the syntax. Like I said after a fairly short while you just type the brackets automatically.



That could get...

a basic millenium flacon is pretty simple. A flattened sphere for the body, cylinder for the front roundy bit, dimple on the top.

But if you're trying to duplicate what you can do on a package...

colours are pretty pointless.

If you are designing a print for dual extrusion. You simply comment out the parts for the second colour when your render the commands for the first.
And vice versa....

I did say the manual is useless.

But what i see is you concentrating on things that are not necessary to know the 'why' of.

The brackets are always there and always in the same order. That's...

yep and below you can find the FULLY annotated script. Hopefully that should make everything clear. :-)



Essentially this is just a model with 6 elements. 2 cylinders, 1 cone and three...

you missed the first part of the script - load the .scad file or copy and paste the final script.

Okay another tip:

Don't forget that openscad is text based - so you can use normal text...

I just copied and pasted the final script - works for me. Also here's the actual .scad file
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As far as hard to learn. It really helps if you have good 3d visualisation. I can pretty much look...

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Finished code:



Now to make this more elegant we could do a number of things. Make the rocket fin a module. Add variables for rocket height, diameter, notor chamber size and fin...

Great idea emu :-)

In the tips side of the equation.
1) use diameter NOT radius. ie: cylinder(d=10,h=5);

several reasons. 1) it's much easier to visualise if you don't have to keep doubling...