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	<h1>OpenSCAD</h1>
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		by
		<a rel="author" class="u-url" href="http://changelog.ca/"><span class="p-given-name">Charles</span> <span class="p-additional-name">Iliya</span> <span class="p-family-name">Krempeaux</span></a>
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		<strong>OpenSCAD</strong> is an open-source computer-aided design (<abbr title="computer-aided design">CAD</abbr>) software application with its own built-in programming-language.
	</p>
	<p>
		Unlike many other <abbr title="computer-aided design">CAD</abbr> software applications which use a <abbr title="graphical user interface">GUI</abbr> to create, edit, and manipulate objects, <strong>OpenSCAD</strong> creates, edits, and manipulates objects via a scripting programming-language.
		For example:
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<pre><code>
cube([50,75,100]);
</code></pre>
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	<p>
		<strong>OpenSCAD</strong> scripts are usually stored in <code>.scad</code> files.
	</p>
	<p>
		<strong>OpenSCAD</strong> includes many features similar to many imperative programming-languages; including:
	</p>
	<ul>
		<li>variables,</li>
		<li>control structures (such as if-statements and loops),</li>
		<li>modules, and</li>
		<li>libraries.</li>
	</ul>
	<p>
		For those already familiar with programming-languages such as C, C++, C#, D, Dart, Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP, and others — <strong>OpenSCAD</strong> uses curly-brackets.
		For example:
	</p>
	<figure>
<pre><code>
for (a =[x1,x2,x3]){echo(a);}
</code></pre>
	</figure>
	<p>
		<strong>OpenSCAD</strong> provides two main methods for 3D-modeling:
	</p>
	<ul>
		<li>creating complex object from combinations of simpler shapes, and</li>
		<li>extruding 2D shapes (contained in .dxf or .svg files) into 3D shapes.</li>
	</ul>
	<p>
		<strong>OpenSCAD</strong> is especially geared towards mechanical, rather than artistic, aspects of 3D computer-aided design.
		Thus <strong>OpenSCAD</strong> can be useful when one wants to create a model that one wants to 3D-print.
	</p>
	<section>
		<h2>Units</h2>
		<p>
			All dimensions in <strong>OpenSCAD</strong> are measured in (the somewhat confusingly named) "unit".
		</p>
		<p>
			The <em>convention</em> used by a lot of people doing 3D-printing is:
		</p>
		<figure>
			1 unit = 1 millimeter
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		<p>
			But <strong>OpenSCAD</strong> is in a sense unit-less.
		</p>
		<p>
			And it is a good idea to explicitly size your model when preparing it for 3D-printing.
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			`<title>OpenSCAD</title>`
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			`<main>`
			`<article>`
			`<h1>OpenSCAD</h1>`
			`<address class="h-card">`
			`by`
			`<a rel="author" class="u-url" href="http://changelog.ca/"><span class="p-given-name">Charles</span> <span class="p-additional-name">Iliya</span> <span class="p-family-name">Krempeaux</span></a>`
			`</address>`
			`<p>`
initial commits 2024-01-14 19:40:35 +00:00			`<strong>OpenSCAD</strong> is an open-source computer-aided design (<abbr title="computer-aided design">CAD</abbr>) software application with its own built-in programming-language.`
initial commits 2024-01-14 00:49:19 +00:00			`</p>`
			`<p>`
initial commits 2024-01-14 01:14:45 +00:00			`Unlike many other <abbr title="computer-aided design">CAD</abbr> software applications which use a <abbr title="graphical user interface">GUI</abbr> to create, edit, and manipulate objects, <strong>OpenSCAD</strong> creates, edits, and manipulates objects via a scripting programming-language.`
initial commits 2024-01-14 00:49:19 +00:00			`For example:`
			`</p>`
			`<figure>`
			`<pre><code>`
initial commits 2024-01-14 19:42:58 +00:00			`cube([50,75,100]);`
initial commits 2024-01-14 01:14:45 +00:00			`</code></pre>`
			`</figure>`
			`<p>`
			`<strong>OpenSCAD</strong> scripts are usually stored in <code>.scad</code> files.`
			`</p>`
			`<p>`
			`<strong>OpenSCAD</strong> includes many features similar to many imperative programming-languages; including:`
			`</p>`
			`<ul>`
			`<li>variables,</li>`
			`<li>control structures (such as if-statements and loops),</li>`
			`<li>modules, and</li>`
			`<li>libraries.</li>`
			`</ul>`
			`<p>`
			`For those already familiar with programming-languages such as C, C++, C#, D, Dart, Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP, and others — <strong>OpenSCAD</strong> uses curly-brackets.`
			`For example:`
			`</p>`
			`<figure>`
			`<pre><code>`
			`for (a =[x1,x2,x3]){echo(a);}`
initial commits 2024-01-14 00:49:19 +00:00			`</code></pre>`
			`</figure>`
			`<p>`
initial commits 2024-01-14 19:26:35 +00:00			`<strong>OpenSCAD</strong> provides two main methods for 3D-modeling:`
initial commits 2024-01-14 00:49:19 +00:00			`</p>`
			`<ul>`
			`<li>creating complex object from combinations of simpler shapes, and</li>`
			`<li>extruding 2D shapes (contained in .dxf or .svg files) into 3D shapes.</li>`
			`</ul>`
			`<p>`
			`<strong>OpenSCAD</strong> is especially geared towards mechanical, rather than artistic, aspects of 3D computer-aided design.`
			`Thus <strong>OpenSCAD</strong> can be useful when one wants to create a model that one wants to 3D-print.`
			`</p>`
initial commits 2024-01-14 19:26:35 +00:00			`<section>`
			`<h2>Units</h2>`
			`<p>`
			`All dimensions in <strong>OpenSCAD</strong> are measured in (the somewhat confusingly named) "unit".`
			`</p>`
			`<p>`
			`The <em>convention</em> used by a lot of people doing 3D-printing is:`
			`</p>`
			`<figure>`
			`1 unit = 1 millimeter`
			`</figure>`
			`<p>`
			`But <strong>OpenSCAD</strong> is in a sense unit-less.`
			`</p>`
			`<p>`
			`And it is a good idea to explicitly size your model when preparing it for 3D-printing.`
			`</p>`
			`</section>`
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