I don't think it is possible because the includes are parsed before variables are assigned. Adrian's example won't work because the include is always included and there are restrictions of what you can put into an if body. For example you can't define modules. On Fri, 25 Nov 2022 at 19:58, Trevor Orr via Discuss < discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Trevor Orr <fractorr@yahoo.com> > To: OpenSCAD General Discussion Mailing-list <discuss@lists.openscad.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 19:57:55 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: [OpenSCAD] Dynamic Include > I am pretty sure this is not possible from my attempts to do this but > thought I would ask anyways. > > Is there a way to do a dynamic include base on the value of variable ? > The reason is that I have a file that contains data to build parts and the > data file is getting rather large (almost 1 MB) and it would be nice to be > able to split it up into a separate file for each part. > > So say the variable design equals "test" then I want to include the file > "test.scad" > > Also does a large data file like this decrease performance? I would > assume the larger the data file is the longer it takes for it to be parsed? > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Trevor Orr via Discuss <discuss@lists.openscad.org> > To: OpenSCAD General Discussion Mailing-list <discuss@lists.openscad.org> > Cc: Trevor Orr <fractorr@yahoo.com> > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2022 19:57:55 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: [OpenSCAD] Dynamic Include > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >