OpenSCAPortable 2011.01.08
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OpenSCAD Portable is a handy and reliable utility which provides users with useful tools intended to help users create solid 3D CAD objects.
Unlike most free software for creating 3D models, it does not focus on the artistic aspects of 3D modelling but instead on the CAD aspects. Thus it might be the application you are looking for when you are planning to create 3D models of machine parts but pretty sure is not what you are looking for when you are more interested in creating computer-animated movies.
OpenSCAD is not an interactive modeller. Instead it is something like a 3D-compiler that reads in a script file that describes the object and renders the 3D model from this script file. This gives you (the designer) full control over the modelling process and enables you to easily change any step in the modelling process or make designes that are defined by configurable parameters.
OpenSCAD provides two main modelling techniques: First there is constructive solid geometry (aka CSG) and second there is extrusion of 2D outlines. As data exchange format format for this 2D outlines Autocad DXF files are used. In addition to 2D paths for extrusion it is also possible to read design parametes from DXF files. Besides DXF files OpenSCAD can read and create 3D models in the STL and OFF file formats.
What's New in This Release:
Features:
· Snappier GUI while performing CGAL computations (computations running in separate thread)
· The size of the misc. caches can now be adjusted from Preferences
· The limit for when to disable OpenCSG can now be adjusted from Preferences
· Added Dot product operator: vec * vec
· Added Matrix multiplication operator: vec * mat, mat * mato Added search() function
· Dependencies are now tracked - any changes in uses/included files will be detected and cause a recompile
· The OPENSCADPATH environment variable is now implemented will have precedence when searching for libraries
· .csg files can now be opened from the GUIo linear_extrude() will now assume that the first parameter means 'height' if it's a number
Bugfixes:
· use'ing an non-existing file sometimes crashed under Windowso Better font handling: Ensure a monospace font is chosen as default
· Division by zero caused hang in some cases (e.g. sin(1/0))o Larger minkowski operations sometimes caused a crash after a CGAL assert was t...
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