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10 things to know to be dangerous in OpenSCAD

Posted by iamwil 
10 things to know to be dangerous in OpenSCAD
November 20, 2013 01:25PM
Hey all,

I've always liked OpenSCAD, so I wrote a beginner's guide to OpenSCAD. If you ever wanted to get started on OpenSCAD, today's the day.


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Re: 10 things to know to be dangerous in OpenSCAD
November 20, 2013 02:46PM
A nice summary, but I think one concept is missing: centering. Centering an object makes transformations, especially rotations, so much easier. I almost never draw a primitive that isn't centered and I think it results in cleaner "code".
Re: 10 things to know to be dangerous in OpenSCAD
November 20, 2013 02:51PM
Hey there! Thanks for the feedback. I did originally have centering in there, but I didn't want the beginner's guide to get too long, as to discourage people. I also had stuff about coincident faces, but figured that's all stuff that comes later on. I'll add it to the list of things I'll put together next time!
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