[OpenSCAD] Openscad 3D STL to Heekscnc

[joe M]

Hello,

I am trying to get 3D STL from OpenScad to Heekscnc (to generate gcode).

HeeksCad does not seem to have the ability to import CSG format.
OpenScad does not seem to have the ability to export IGES or STEP
files.

Has anyone been able to render/compile something in OpenScad and
generate gcode from HeeksCnc?

Any thoughts, please?

Thanks
Joe

[Taylor Alexander]

All I can say is that IGES is on the "to do" list but I have no idea how
much effort has been made in that area.

STL is a horrible format for data exchange between CAD programs, and IGES
is accepted by nearly every traditional CAD program, so it would be
extremely useful and I think extremely beneficial to the community if
OpenSCAD supported IGES.

Anyone know about that?

Post by joe M
Hello,
I am trying to get 3D STL from OpenScad to Heekscnc (to generate gcode).
HeeksCad does not seem to have the ability to import CSG format.
OpenScad does not seem to have the ability to export IGES or STEP
files.
Has anyone been able to render/compile something in OpenScad and
generate gcode from HeeksCnc?
Any thoughts, please?
Thanks
Joe
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[Bryan Bishop]

Post by Taylor Alexander
STL is a horrible format for data exchange between CAD programs, and IGES
is accepted by nearly every traditional CAD program, so it would be
extremely useful and I think extremely beneficial to the community if
OpenSCAD supported IGES.
IGES and STEP can be abused just as easily, however. For instance,

sometimes CAD programs dump triangles into IGES/STEP, which is just as
useless as STL. In addition, much of the original parametric data is lost
in IGES/STEP. I still much prefer IGES/STEP over STL, don't get me wrong.

there's also some step parser-generators going on over here:
http://groups.google.com/group/scl-dev
https://github.com/mpictor/StepClassLibrary

- Bryan
http://heybryan.org/
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[Bob Cousins]

Post by joe M
Hello,
I am trying to get 3D STL from OpenScad to Heekscnc (to generate gcode).
HeeksCad does not seem to have the ability to import CSG format.
OpenScad does not seem to have the ability to export IGES or STEP
files.

I may be missing something, HeeksCad can import STL, so is that not
the solution?