I want to learn OpenScad! Anyone have any tips?

[Roxy]

I want to learn openscad - Looks scary!
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The scad online manual is UUUUUUUGLY!

I need to use OpenScad to fix some files I'm working with and build some add-on's.

One would hope that a really nice lady from Texas might offer some help to we poor suffering ignoranti.

Old Man Emu

Well... The best advice is to jump in with both feet. It is a little over whelming at first. And I still can't do a lot of things the language offers like Polygons, but its amazing how simply some things can be constructed with it. With that said, I think the trick is learning what things the language naturally handles and what things are better done with other tools. That Cartoon Car is a good example. For sure, the 3D Graphics tools are better suited for that task than OpenScad.

KingOddBall: If you post the files and the changes you need, it may be simple to make the change and everybody can follow along?