Yes, I was referring to the OpenSCAD2 proposal. Thanks for the actual links!
In that document, perhaps we should add some more concrete use-cases the kind of dictionary usage discussed here, or even hint at things like JSON import?

-Marius

Johan Jonker wrote

Really nice work. That's probably the most you can get outta
excel-controlled openscad. (I was trying to see if openscad has any dll that
I can insert into Excel as Add-in. Guess not).

You can also turn on the "Automatically Reload and Preview" in OpenSCAD.
Then, have excel and openscad opened side by side, you can enjoy one click
on the [Export to SCAD file] button and see it changed automatically.
Comparing to other approach, which focus only on data, this excel-approach
has the advantage of using Excel as both a data holder and a GUI like the
button you put on there.

$  Runsun Pan, PhD

$ libs:

doctest ,

faces ( git ),

offline doc ( git ),

runscad.py( 1 , 2 , git );

$ tips:

hash( 1 , 2 ),

sweep ,

var( 1 , 2 ),

lerp ,

animGif ,

precision( 1 , 2 )

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jdawgaz wrote

Besides what are proposed for the OpenSCAD2, you can also refer to the
hash approach that I've been using:  here
http://forum.openscad.org/parameterized-models-td8303.html#a8306  and
here
http://forum.openscad.org/Can-I-get-some-code-review-up-in-here-tp12341p12355.html

$  Runsun Pan, PhD

$ libs:

doctest ,

faces ( git ),

offline doc ( git ),

runscad.py( 1 , 2 , git );

$ tips:

hash( 1 , 2 ),

sweep ,

var( 1 , 2 ),

lerp ,

animGif ,

precision( 1 , 2 )

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I am happy to accept contributions :)

On Wednesday, 30 December 2015, Marius Kintel marius@kintel.net wrote: