stingray127 / ece_423_draw_schedule

ece_423_draw_schedule

A hastily put together tool to draw ECE 423 schedules accurately in OpenSCAD

Setup

1. Install Openscad
   • Mac Users and Brew: brew install openscad
   • Executable Download: https://openscad.org/
2. Install OpenSCAD VSCode syntax highlighter through VSCode Extensions (By Antyos)
3. Open example_schedule.scad and scheduler_helpers.scad in VSCode
4. Using OpenSCAD program, open example_schedule.scad

Tips

• Have the "console" viewport open, as it informs you of syntax errors
  • You can also print values to this window using "echo"
• This tool was intended to work in 2D
  • Enable "Orthogonal View"
  • Click "Top" to make your view 2D
  • These are circled in red in the image up top
• Navigation Tips
  • Scroll in and out to zoom
  • Right click and drag to pan around
• Have the Cheat Sheet open at all times (if trying to write new code or functions)
  • https://openscad.org/cheatsheet/index.html
• There are a ton of color presets, if you care to use them
  • https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Transformations#color