what is the latest OpenScad version
Following a link from Guenter I found a video on youtube, which shows
how I can meassure angles and length within OpenScad.. My first thought
was: "Oh, my god I don´t have the latest version!" ;-)!
So I checked my version --> 2023.03.30 --> an AppImage out from Linux
Mint (Flat or Snap ??? I always mix them up)
Looking on openscad.org and github I only find versions ~2021
I am completely unsure what version I have now?
And here I have a second question.. but it is not so important. (Please
answer only if you have time. )
I can understand the idea of packages like Flathup oder Snap.. to avoid
all troubles with dependencies different development times a.s.o, but
why the hell I should install docker on may workstation and upon this
docker OpenSCAD??? Docker (imho) is a solution for running complete
environments (webserver, application server, database,blalbla ) and it
helps to avoid a lot of configuration.. YES, I understand all these
advantages,, but OpenSCAD on docker ??
Yours KARL
P.S.
I often offered here to guide you through Vienna, if you want to make a
trip to Austria. This offer is still valid
Hi Karl,
As for with the measurement ability, I have to say, that !THIS! feature was
actually being merged and is not part of the Main OpenSCAD software.
However you will have it when using a development version which is later
than December 2023(or similar)
The measurement ability is not yet perfect. It requires Full Render and it
needs Manifold enabled, but it's still quite usable and useful!
If you find situations where measuring does not work as expected, I am
happy to improve ... (when you provide a testcase)
On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 9:40 AM Karl Exler via Discuss <
discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote:
Following a link from Guenter I found a video on youtube, which shows how
I can meassure angles and length within OpenScad.. My first thought was:
"Oh, my god I don´t have the latest version!" ;-)!
So I checked my version --> 2023.03.30 --> an AppImage out from Linux Mint
(Flat or Snap ??? I always mix them up)
Looking on openscad.org and github I only find versions ~2021
I am completely unsure what version I have now?
And here I have a second question.. but it is not so important. (Please
answer only if you have time. )
I can understand the idea of packages like Flathup oder Snap.. to avoid
all troubles with dependencies different development times a.s.o, but why
the hell I should install docker on may workstation and upon this docker
OpenSCAD??? Docker (imho) is a solution for running complete environments
(webserver, application server, database,blalbla ) and it helps to avoid a
lot of configuration.. YES, I understand all these advantages,, but
OpenSCAD on docker ??
Yours KARL
P.S.
I often offered here to guide you through Vienna, if you want to make a
trip to Austria. This offer is still valid
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On Wed, 2024-01-17 at 09:40 +0100, Karl Exler via Discuss wrote:
Following a link from Guenter I found a video on youtube, which shows
how I can meassure angles and length within OpenScad.. My first
thought was: "Oh, my god I don´t have the latest version!" ;-)!
So I checked my version --> 2023.03.30 --> an AppImage out from Linux
Mint (Flat or Snap ??? I always mix them up)
Looking on openscad.org and github I only find versions ~2021
I am completely unsure what version I have now?
The version can be found by selecting Help->About from the menu.
Development snapshots are on the downloads page at:
https://openscad.org/downloads.html#snapshots
There you will find snapshots for Windows, Mac, And Linux, and further
down, some other options.
And here I have a second question.. but it is not so important.
(Please answer only if you have time. )
I can understand the idea of packages like Flathup oder Snap.. to
avoid all troubles with dependencies different development times
a.s.o, but why the hell I should install docker on may workstation
and upon this docker OpenSCAD??? Docker (imho) is a solution for
running complete environments (webserver, application server,
database,blalbla ) and it helps to avoid a lot of configuration..
YES, I understand all these advantages,, but OpenSCAD on docker ??
I am running Ubuntu MATE.
I don't like Snap, Flatpak, or Docker. I only ever use Appimage.
The snapshots are, in my experience, quite stable. I also have two
versions at a time; the latest release, and a developer snapshot.
I have them in my /home/larry/bin, and one is called 'openscad', and
the other just 'scad'.
Yours KARL
P.S.
I often offered here to guide you through Vienna, if you want to
make a trip to Austria. This offer is still valid
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On 17.01.24 09:40, Karl Exler via Discuss wrote:
I can understand the idea of packages like Flathup oder Snap.. to avoid
all troubles with dependencies different development times a.s.o, but
why the hell I should install docker on may workstation and upon this
docker OpenSCAD???
If you don't need it, don't install it. It's really that simple.
Docker (imho) is a solution for running complete
environments (webserver, application server, database,blalbla ) and it
helps to avoid a lot of configuration.. YES, I understand all these
advantages,, but OpenSCAD on docker ??
People have different use cases, some people generate hundreds of
STL files automatically via scripts. They may want to run this even
on a remote server instead of their own desktop machine. Using
Docker for this scenario can make sense and exists because it was
requested multiple times.
Each of those different package formats have their own pro and cons,
we provide them so people can choose what they like best and what
matches their setup. I can't understand how this could be seen as
a problem.
ciao,
Torsten.