BelfrySCAD/BOSL2

using BOSL2 alleviates most issues I've run into with OpenScad for chamfers and the like, but it is an extra set of functions you need to remember sadly https://github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2

I was in your shoes about a year ago with an A1 mini, getting into OpenSCAD to make my own keycaps. If you're getting into OpenSCAD I'd highly recommend getting Belfry ASAP. https://github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2/wiki I wouldn't really consider using OpenSCAD without it

Yup, the attachments with BOSL2 are really great. You can do a ton without much math at all, TBH. https://github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2/wiki/attachments.scad#section-attachment-positioning

BTW, if you want to design some models for 3D printing but the only thing you know to do is to code, you can use OpenSCAD & program the obejcrs into existence: https://openscad.org/ Also recommend using the BOSL2 library with OpenSCAD - it turnes an already very powerful tool into something insane: https://github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2

It's super useful, been using with my 3D printer to print things such as an adapter to connect a Canon EF lens to night vision tube and parts to link motorised linear stages together. Currently I'm playing with a gear library which is part of BOSL2 ( https://github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2/wiki/gears.scad ), to make something to rotate a polariser in my microscope.

I thought so too but then I discovered the BOSL2 library and all kinds of others ... makes cubes with round edges so much easier :) https://github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2/wiki/Tutorial-Rounding_the_Cube

The BOSL2 library makes it easy: https://github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2/wiki/shapes3d.scad#module-fillet

…define already defined variables and you'll get zero warning. The language itself is really pretty WTF. But you get modelling for free as a programmer. And LLMs are okay'ish at it for simple stuff. I'd recommend people to use the BOSL2 library for OpenSCAD: https://github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2/wiki It's really not hard. If you love programming and like to DIY stuff around the house, buying a 3D printer and learning some OpenSCAD is a no-brainer. OpenSCAD ain't the only option: many people like Fusion (for example). But as I'm a dev, OpenSCAD just feels natural to me.

I ended up adding the https://github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2 library to OpenSCAD and it had some reasonable options for some gear and rack-and-pinion modeling that I needed to do. (3D printing a sacrificial gear for a seat position adjustment mechanism)

…oach everything in OpensSCAD in a way that means I never have to experience that feeling again. I will also say that doing everything from scratch in OpenSCAD would be it's own special kind of hell. Libraries like [BOSL2]( https://github.com/BelfrySCAD/BOSL2 ) provide a good set of core ideas and preferences that help set you on a good path. A good example: BOSL2 shapes tend to have a "center origin" by default, which is different than the OpenSCAD default, but makes doing transforms later way easier. Anyway, happy to see OpenSCAD getting some attention here :)