open scad help

ok i made a plate now i want to add a part from another scad and move it so i opened my plate.scad and i put at to include and it appears yipee but im stuck how do i maneuver the part.scad i put translate command afterwards and nothing moved basically i put

include
translate ([20,02,30]);

what have i done incorrect hat am i missing for it to move to the postion i want it thanks

You have to do:

translate([x,y,z])
    import("my.stl", convexity=5);

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Create module in your included .scad file:

module mymodule() {
        cube([10, 10, 10]);
}

then you can instantiate and translate it in another file like this:

use <./mymodule.scad>

translate([10, 10, 10]) mymodule();

Just a note its isnt a stl its scad file

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/12/2013 02:52PM by chris33.