Hello, Is it possible to create a layer that conforms to the topology of a surface below it? For example, the top layer in the attached picture has the same thickness all across but conforms to the surface beneath. Any suggestion is appreciated. Thanks, Chaffra

The operation you want is called "shell" and it can be implemented using minkowski sum. http://jweoblog.com/?p=644 This will "create a layer that conforms ..." but it won't "deform" an existing shape to match the surface topology of another shape. On Friday, 1 September 2017, Chaffra Affouda <chaffra@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible to create a layer that conforms to the topology of a > surface below it? For example, the top layer in the attached picture has > the same thickness all across but conforms to the surface beneath. Any > suggestion is appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Chaffra > >

That works. Thanks Doug! On Fri, Sep 1, 2017, 12:46 doug moen <doug@moens.org> wrote: > The operation you want is called "shell" and it can be implemented using > minkowski sum. > > http://jweoblog.com/?p=644 > > This will "create a layer that conforms ..." but it won't "deform" an > existing shape to match the surface topology of another shape. > > > On Friday, 1 September 2017, Chaffra Affouda <chaffra@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Is it possible to create a layer that conforms to the topology of a >> surface below it? For example, the top layer in the attached picture has >> the same thickness all across but conforms to the surface beneath. Any >> suggestion is appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Chaffra >> >> _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >