dotSCAD 2.4
Reduce the burden of mathematics/algorithm when playing OpenSCAD.
Introduction
Based on OpenSCAD 2019.05.
Some of my 3D models require complex mathematics/algorithm. I extract them into dotSCAD. Hope it helps when you're playing OpenSCAD.
OpenSCAD uses three library locations, the installation library, built-in library, and user defined libraries. It's convenient to set OPENSCADPATH. Check Setting OPENSCADPATH in OpenSCAD User Manual/Libraries for details.
I set OPENSCADPATH to the src folder of dotSCAD so all examples here start searching modules or functions from src.
Every module or function is located in the file which has the same name as the module or the function. For example, if you want to use the line2d module to draw a line, use <line2d.scad>; first.
use <line2d.scad>;
line2d(p1 = [0, 0], p2 = [5, 0], width = 1);
Some module files are organized in a directory. For example, px_circle.scad exists in pixel directory. You have to prefix the directory name when including px_circle.
use <pixel/px_circle.scad>;
points = px_circle(radius = 10);
for(pt = points) {
translate(pt) square(1);
}
Examples
These examples incubate dotSCAD and dotSCAD refactors these examples. See examples.
Documentation
2D Module
3D Module
- rounded_cube
- rounded_cylinder
- crystal_ball
- line3d
- polyline3d
- hull_polyline3d
- function_grapher
- sweep
- loft
- starburst
Transformation
2D Function
2D/3D Function
- cross_sections
- paths2sections
- path_scaling_sections
- bezier_surface
- bezier_smooth
- midpt_smooth
- in_polyline
Path
Extrusion
2D Shape
- shape_taiwan
- shape_arc
- shape_pie
- shape_circle
- shape_ellipse
- shape_square
- shape_trapezium
- shape_cyclicpolygon
- shape_pentagram
- shape_starburst
- shape_superformula
- shape_glued2circles
- shape_path_extend
2D Shape Extrusion
- path_extrude
- ring_extrude
- helix_extrude
- golden_spiral_extrude
- archimedean_spiral_extrude
- sphere_spiral_extrude
Util
- util/sub_str
- util/split_str
- util/parse_number
- util/reverse
- util/slice
- util/sort
- util/rand
- util/fibseq
- util/bsearch
- util/has
- util/dedup
- util/flat
- util/sum
- util/zip
Matrix
- matrix/m_cumulate
- matrix/m_translation
- matrix/m_rotation
- matrix/m_scaling
- matrix/m_mirror
- matrix/m_shearing
- matrix/m_determinant
Point Transformation
- ptf/ptf_rotate
- ptf/ptf_x_twist
- ptf/ptf_y_twist
- ptf/ptf_circle
- ptf/ptf_bend
- ptf/ptf_ring
- ptf/ptf_sphere
- ptf/ptf_torus
Turtle
- turtle/turtle2d
- turtle/turtle3d
- turtle/t2d
- turtle/t3d
- turtle/footprints2
- turtle/footprints3
- turtle/lsystem2
- turtle/lsystem3
Voxel
- voxel/vx_line
- voxel/vx_polyline
- voxel/vx_circle
- voxel/vx_cylinder
- voxel/vx_sphere
- voxel/vx_polygon
- voxel/vx_from
- voxel/vx_ascii
- voxel/vx_gray
- voxel/vx_union
- voxel/vx_intersection
- voxel/vx_difference
Part
Surface
- surface/sf_square
- surface/sf_bend
- surface/sf_ring
- surface/sf_sphere
- surface/sf_torus
- surface/sf_solidify
Noise
- noise/nz_perlin1
- noise/nz_perlin1s
- noise/nz_perlin2
- noise/nz_perlin2s
- noise/nz_perlin3
- noise/nz_perlin3s
- noise/nz_worley2
- noise/nz_worley2s
- noise/nz_worley3
- noise/nz_worley3s
- noise/nz_cell
Voronoi
- voronoi/vrn2_from
- voronoi/vrn2_space
- voronoi/vrn2_cells_from
- voronoi/vrn2_cells_space
- voronoi/vrn3_from
- voronoi/vrn3_space
Bugs and Feedback
For bugs, questions and discussions please use the Github Issues.
About dotSCAD
I've been using OpenSCAD for years. Some of my works include reusable implementations so I elaborate them into this library.
The idea of the name dotSCAD comes from the filename extension ".scad" of OpenSCAD.