[OpenSCAD] Customizer Export

[fractorr]

I have just started playing around with customizer and really like it. I was
wondering if using customizer if it is possible to say have 3 variables in
customizer each with a slider and generate and export a stl out of ever
possible combination of the variable values?

So if there was 3 possible values in each of the 3 sliders it would generate
and export 27 different stl files?





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[MichaelAtOz]

ATM export is a manual process. It also requires a render (F6) which can take
some time, so it unlikely it will be automated in the GUI.

I haven't done it, but you should be able to script via the command line;
see 'Saving Parameters value in JSON file' at
OpenSCAD_User_Manual/WIP#Customizer
<https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/WIP#Customizer>



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[Kevin Toppenberg]

Stupid question: What is customizer?

I hear people talk about it. And I know it is related to OpenSCAD. But is
it an online version of OpenSCAD, or a slightly different application?

Thanks

Post by MichaelAtOz
ATM export is a manual process. It also requires a render (F6) which can take
some time, so it unlikely it will be automated in the GUI.
I haven't done it, but you should be able to script via the command line;
see 'Saving Parameters value in JSON file' at
OpenSCAD_User_Manual/WIP#Customizer
<https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/WIP#Customizer>
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[Michael Frey]

Post by fractorr
So if there was 3 possible values in each of the 3 sliders it would generate
and export 27 different stl files?

I would use a batch file (on Windows) or a shell script (any Unix
plattform).
I had a similar case where I needed 36 STL Files from one SCAD file.
Using Linux, I did the following:
--------
#!/bin/bash
for i in {0..360..10}
do
    tmp="openscad -o leg$i.stl leg.scad -D ang=$i"
    echo $tmp
    eval $tmp
done
--------
It should be obvious that for loops and be nested and multiple variables
can be overwritten using multiple -D options for calling openscad.

Offcourse, you could use any scripting/programming language you like.
The only trick is to generate the variable values by code and applying
them using -D to the design.


With kind regards,

Michael Frey

[Trevor Orr]

Excellent, I will give that a try. Right now I use php to generate a
separate scad file for each variation. It works but it's messy, this way
looks much better, generating the variables is not a problem.

Post by Michael Frey

Post by fractorr
So if there was 3 possible values in each of the 3 sliders it would generate
and export 27 different stl files?

I would use a batch file (on Windows) or a shell script (any Unix
plattform).
I had a similar case where I needed 36 STL Files from one SCAD file.
--------
#!/bin/bash
for i in {0..360..10}
do
tmp="openscad -o leg$i.stl leg.scad -D ang=$i"
echo $tmp
eval $tmp
done
--------
It should be obvious that for loops and be nested and multiple variables
can be overwritten using multiple -D options for calling openscad.
Offcourse, you could use any scripting/programming language you like.
The only trick is to generate the variable values by code and applying
them using -D to the design.
With kind regards,
Michael Frey
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[Trevor Orr]

This is fantastic, with some small changes to my php file that I was using
to generate a separate scad file I was able to change it to one script file
and pass in the different variable variations and generate all the stl
files. It never ceases to amaze me what can be done with OpenSCAD.

Post by fractorr

Post by fractorr
So if there was 3 possible values in each of the 3 sliders it would

generate

Post by fractorr
and export 27 different stl files?

I would use a batch file (on Windows) or a shell script (any Unix
plattform).
I had a similar case where I needed 36 STL Files from one SCAD file.
--------
#!/bin/bash
for i in {0..360..10}
do
tmp="openscad -o leg$i.stl leg.scad -D ang=$i"
echo $tmp
eval $tmp
done
--------
It should be obvious that for loops and be nested and multiple variables
can be overwritten using multiple -D options for calling openscad.
Offcourse, you could use any scripting/programming language you like.
The only trick is to generate the variable values by code and applying
them using -D to the design.
With kind regards,
Michael Frey
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