Roger.

There is already a PR for generalised extruding 2D shapes https://github.com/openscad/openscad/pull/2796 On Thu, 16 Apr 2020 at 10:15, Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@bitwizard.nl> wrote: > > > I think this one takes the cake! > > As to openscad... wouldn't the "path-sweep" be something that could be > considered a "core-item"? > > This can be accomplished in two ways. The first would be to add a > path_sweep to the language and to implement linear extrude and > rotate-extrude as special cases of the path_sweep from now on... > > On the other hand... (or maybe in any case)... > > ... would it be an idea to have some system scad "library" files that > come with openscad so that this path-sweep might be kept there so that > we can say that "path-sweep" is supported by openscad. > > The "in any case" situation arises when it would be chosen to > implement the path-sweep as a primitive. In that case linear_extrude > would become an easy small scad source to provide backward > compatibility and ease-of-use for a common case.... > > Roger. > > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 03:39:14PM -0700, adrianv wrote: > > Here's another option for sweep using BOSL2 (though be warned that BOSL2 > is > > under development): > > > > https://github.com/revarbat/BOSL2/wiki/skin.scad#path_sweep > > > > include<BOSL2/std.scad> > > include<BOSL2/skin.scad> > > > > curve = [for(x=[-2:.1:2]) [x,x*x,0]]; > > path_sweep(circle(r=.1, $fn=16), curve); > > > > > > The result looks like this: > > > > <http://forum.openscad.org/file/t2477/parabola.png> > > > > > > > > -- > > Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenSCAD mailing list > > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org > > > > -- > ** R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl ** https://www.BitWizard.nl/ ** +31-15-2049110 > ** > ** Delftechpark 11 2628 XJ Delft, The Netherlands. KVK: 27239233 ** > The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike > Phil, this plan just might work. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >