a BIT of a hack? On 6/4/2020 3:54 PM, nop head wrote: > You can pass parameters to children via $ variables. A bit of hack but > it works. > > module ten() { >    let($p = 10) children(); > } > > ten() cube($p); >

Not sure what your question was, but you can pass multiple modules as children. module twokids() { difference() { children(0); children(1); } } twokids() { cube(); sphere(); } On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 at 20:54, nop head <nop.head@gmail.com> wrote: > You can pass parameters to children via $ variables. A bit of hack but it > works. > > module ten() { > let($p = 10) children(); > } > > ten() cube($p); > > > > On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 at 20:51, sean d'epagnier <seandepagnier@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks for pointing out the use of children(), this makes a lot more >> possible. >> >> This is still a limitation compared to multiple parameters.. but I >> guess openscad doesn't allow mixing passed parameters with modules. >> >> On 6/4/20, A. Craig West <acraigwest@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Personally, I think it would be awesome if there was a version of >> render() >> > which was a function, that returned a list of faces >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:34 AM A. Craig West <acraigwest@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> >> essentially there are userspace objects that can be passed as >> parameters, >> >> and rendered objects, like modules, and they live in different spaces >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:33 AM A. Craig West <acraigwest@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Ahhh, modules aren't objects that can be passed. You would use >> >>> children() >> >>> : >> >>> module all() { >> >>> children(); >> >>> mirror([1, 0, 0]) >> >>> children(); >> >>> mirror([0, 1, 0]) { >> >>> children(); >> >>> mirror([1, 0, 0]) >> >>> children(); >> >>> } >> >>> } >> >>> module m() { >> >>> cube(10); >> >>> } >> >>> module n() { >> >>> cube(20); >> >>> } >> >>> all() m(); >> >>> all() n(); >> >>> >> >>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2020, 11:17 sean d'epagnier, <seandepagnier@gmail.com> >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> I want to pass different modules like: >> >>>> module m() { >> >>>> cube(10); >> >>>> } >> >>>> >> >>>> module n() { >> >>>> ... >> >>>> } >> >>>> >> >>>> all(m); >> >>>> all(n); >> >>>> >> >>>> On 6/4/20, lar3ry <lar3ry@sasktel.net> wrote: >> >>>> > Works fine for me. >> >>>> > >> >>>> > all(); >> >>>> > module all(m) { >> >>>> > m(); >> >>>> > mirror([1, 0, 0]) >> >>>> > m(); >> >>>> > mirror([0, 1, 0]) { >> >>>> > m(); >> >>>> > mirror([1, 0, 0]) >> >>>> > m(); >> >>>> > } >> >>>> > } >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > module m() { >> >>>> > cube(10); >> >>>> > } >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > -- >> >>>> > Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/ >> >>>> > >> >>>> > _______________________________________________ >> >>>> > OpenSCAD mailing list >> >>>> > Discuss@lists.openscad.org >> >>>> > >> http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >> >>>> > >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> OpenSCAD mailing list >> >>>> Discuss@lists.openscad.org >> >>>> >> http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >> >>>> >> >>> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenSCAD mailing list >> Discuss@lists.openscad.org >> http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >> >

Yes, it is. But I do find it necessary sometimes. Even worse is use $p in the child module without it being a parameter! On Thu, 4 Jun 2020 at 20:59, jon <jon@jonbondy.com> wrote: > a BIT of a hack? > > On 6/4/2020 3:54 PM, nop head wrote: > > You can pass parameters to children via $ variables. A bit of hack but > > it works. > > > > module ten() { > > let($p = 10) children(); > > } > > > > ten() cube($p); > > >

> > This is still a limitation compared to multiple parameters.. but I > guess openscad doesn't allow mixing passed parameters with modules. > You may use parameters in all() provided they are not modules: module all(v=[0,0,0]) { translate(v) children(); mirror([1, 0, 0]) translate(v) children(); mirror([0, 1, 0]) { translate(v) children(); mirror([1, 0, 0]) translate(v) children(); } } module m() { sphere(10); } module n() { cube(10); } all([20,20,20]) m(); all([10,10,-10]) n();

> > Even worse is use $p in the child module without it being a parameter! > Yes but useful when we have a big list that is constant throughout a recursive process.

I have learned a lot.. The $ variables hack is interesting, but I hope not to use it. On 6/4/20, Ronaldo Persiano <rcmpersiano@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Even worse is use $p in the child module without it being a parameter! >> > > Yes but useful when we have a big list that is constant throughout a > recursive process. >