OpenSCAD CSG

Import

Supported Elements

• primitives: cube, sphere, cylinder, square, circle, polygon, polyhedron
• boolean: union, difference, intersection
• linearextrude, rotateextrude
• import (dxf, stl, off) (without scaling or transformation of origin)
• multmatrix
• color

Unsupported Elements

• projection
• surface
• render (ignored)
• cgal operations: minkowski, glide, path, subdiv, hull

Export

Supported Elements

• primitives: Box, Cylinder, Cone, Torus
• boolean: Cut, Fuse, Common

Fallback

Every object derived from Part::Feature which is not (yet) supported will get meshed and exported as a polyhedron element

Related

• OpenSCAD Workbench
• Import Export
• FreeCAD Howto Import Export

OpenSCAD

• Tools: Color code shape, Replace object, Remove subtree, Refine shape feature, Increase tolerance feature, Convert edges to faces, Expand placements, Explode group, Add OpenSCAD element, Mesh Boolean, Hull, Minkowski

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• Additional: Preferences; Import OpenSCAD code (CSG)

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