I would like to be able to write a single let() statement and use it on
multiple modules. A simple example is

module leta(){

let(a=23)

  children();

}

leta() cylinder(h=a, d=a); // Doesn't work, a is unknown here.

However this does work:

module move(x){

translate([x,0,0])

  children();

}

module cone_rod(){

cylinder(h=10,d=5);

cylinder(h=5,d1=15,d2=0);

}

move(0) cone_rod();      // Works as expected

move(20) cone_rod();    // Works as expected

What's the difference and why doesn't the first example work?

Thanks,

John

Hi Nop Head(?) Thanks for your reply. I get it now. John

From: nop head [mailto:nop.head@gmail.com]
Sent: 12 Sep 2018 04:05
To: john@jegsav.com; OpenSCAD general discussion
Subject: Re: [OpenSCAD] Using children with let

OpenSCAD variables have lexical scope by default, so they can only be seen in the block they are defined in. So you could do children(a) to access the 23rd child but a is not visible outside leta() and more specifically only under the let().

However, if you use $a it will have dynamic scope and be accessible in all the modules and functions called from the block it is defined in.

On 12 September 2018 at 15:06, John Savage john@jegsav.com wrote:

I would like to be able to write a single let() statement and use it on multiple modules. A simple example is

module leta(){

let(a=23)

  children();

}

leta() cylinder(h=a, d=a); // Doesn't work, a is unknown here.

However this does work:

module move(x){

translate([x,0,0])

  children();

}

module cone_rod(){

cylinder(h=10,d=5);

cylinder(h=5,d1=15,d2=0);

}

move(0) cone_rod();      // Works as expected

move(20) cone_rod();    // Works as expected

What’s the difference and why doesn’t the first example work?

Thanks,

John

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