Thingiverse
OpenSCAD multi part render script by RedWagon
by Thingiverse
Last crawled date: 4 years, 11 months ago
This is a simple method of defining multiple output files in an OpenSCAD script and a shell script to render them. Where this is useful:
The view you're editing in is different than what you want to print in
You want to draw in 2D but preview in 3D
You are building a model with several pieces that should be exported separately
You want to render in a higher resolution than you preview in
How to use:
Download render_scad.sh, make it executable, place it somewhere in $PATH
Look at test.scad for reference and place the relevant if statements in your scad script. The custom names you check for MUST end in .stl or .dxf.
Call render_scad.sh file.scad
Output files are always placed in the same directory the scad file is in
The view you're editing in is different than what you want to print in
You want to draw in 2D but preview in 3D
You are building a model with several pieces that should be exported separately
You want to render in a higher resolution than you preview in
How to use:
Download render_scad.sh, make it executable, place it somewhere in $PATH
Look at test.scad for reference and place the relevant if statements in your scad script. The custom names you check for MUST end in .stl or .dxf.
Call render_scad.sh file.scad
Output files are always placed in the same directory the scad file is in