Quick help with Openscad

Can someone give me a quick rundown on how to use the modules that come with openscad? Im particularly interested in hardware and nuts_and_bolts. I tried looking at the manual but it kinda confuses me and I didnt find any Youtube videos on it...

jump into the #reprap irc room, it'll be easier,

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what about something like this?

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I was actually referring to some of the scad files in the libraries folder in openscad. I can make nuts and stuff in those files but I cant figure out how to use them in another drawing. I tried the "include" function but it keeps saying it cant find those files. What am I doing wrong? Thats what those files are for, right?

try putting the files in the same directory as the scad file you are writing,

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try putting the files in the same directory as the scad file you are writing,

GOT IT! Thanks, I didnt think about them not being in the same folder!

Openscad doesn't seem to like it if you're referencing a file in another folder even if you include the full path to it so they have to all be in the same folder which is a pain.

Ben

This is NOT true!

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OpenSCAD User Manual/Include Statement
...Library files are searched for in the same folder as the design was open from, or in the library folder of the OpenSCAD installation. You can use a relative path specification to either. If they lie elsewhere you must give the complete path. A number of library files are included. See the OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Libraries page...

See the documentation for the OpenSCAD User Manual/Include Statement.

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rhmorrison Wrote:
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> This is NOT true!
>
>
> ...Library files are searched for in the same
> folder as the design was open from, or in the
> library folder of the OpenSCAD installation. You
> can use a relative path specification to either.
> If they lie elsewhere you must give the complete
> path. A number of library files are included. See
> the OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Libraries page...
>
>
> See the documentation for the OpenSCAD User
> Manual/Include Statement.


Well all that says is that the files must be in the current folder or the library folder which you can give a complete path too which is not what I said.

Ben