It's straightforward to save an object in .off format, and then using an
external program i wrote, create an openscad program that describes the
object as a polyhedron using the points and faces from the .off data.
My question is this, and its directed to those of you familiar with the
openscad source:
How hard would it be to create a function that effectively calls the
program logic that creates the .off export and returns a two element
matrix of points and faces?
I'm thinking of a module that would work something like render() does,
providing the points and faces for whatever has been defined at the point
the function is called.
Having some programming experience I'd be interested in pursuing the
development of such a function, but I'd like an opinion from someone who
knows what's under the hood if this is just an impractical or staggeringly
complex project.
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boxcarmib wrote
> It's straightforward to save an object in .off format, and then using an
> external program i wrote, create an openscad program that describes the
> object as a polyhedron using the points and faces from the .off data.
> My question is this, and its directed to those of you familiar with the
> openscad source:
> How hard would it be to create a function that effectively calls the
> program logic that creates the .off export and returns a two element
> matrix of points and faces?
> I'm thinking of a module that would work something like render() does,
> providing the points and faces for whatever has been defined at the point
> the function is called.
> Having some programming experience I'd be interested in pursuing the
> development of such a function, but I'd like an opinion from someone who
> knows what's under the hood if this is just an impractical or staggeringly
> complex project.
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