Hi, I am interested in that model <http://www.3dcontentcentral.de/secure/download-model.aspx?catalogid=171&id=587075>. The download section offers a lot of file formates but nothing like "OpenSCAD". So I think about which one I should use here to reuse that model in OpenSCAD. I don't want to modify it. I just want to use it as a placeholder to build my own model around it. thank you for help -- GnuPGP-Key ID 0751A8EC

On Sunday, January 24, 2016 6:21 AM, "c.buhtz@posteo.jp" <c.buhtz@posteo.jp> wrote:

If one of the formats is .STL, there is an STL to OpenSCAD converter or two on Thingiverse. The output is a series of joined polygons, a huge amount of code for the more complex models, but it may do as you need. On Sunday, January 24, 2016 6:21 AM, "c.buhtz@posteo.jp" <c.buhtz@posteo.jp> wrote: Hi, I am interested in that model <http://www.3dcontentcentral.de/secure/download-model.aspx?catalogid=171&id=587075>. The download section offers a lot of file formates but nothing like "OpenSCAD". So I think about which one I should use here to reuse that model in OpenSCAD. I don't want to modify it. I just want to use it as a placeholder to build my own model around it. thank you for help -- GnuPGP-Key ID 0751A8EC _______________________________________________ OpenSCAD mailing list Discuss@lists.openscad.org http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org

STL is the only 3D format you can import into OpenScad. On 24 January 2016 at 11:19, <c.buhtz@posteo.jp> wrote: > Hi, > I am interested in that model > < > http://www.3dcontentcentral.de/secure/download-model.aspx?catalogid=171&id=587075 > >. > > The download section offers a lot of file formates but nothing like > "OpenSCAD". So I think about which one I should use here to reuse that > model in OpenSCAD. > > I don't want to modify it. I just want to use it as a placeholder to > build my own model around it. > > thank you for help > -- > GnuPGP-Key ID 0751A8EC > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org > >

FreeCAD can be very useful in cases like this. You can import most formats into it, use it to simplify things, and then export as STL for importing into OpenSCAD. > nop head <mailto:nop.head@gmail.com> > January 24, 2016 at 03:54 > STL is the only 3D format you can import into OpenScad. > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org > c.buhtz@posteo.jp <mailto:c.buhtz@posteo.jp> > January 24, 2016 at 03:19 > Hi, > I am interested in that model > <http://www.3dcontentcentral.de/secure/download-model.aspx?catalogid=171&id=587075>. > > The download section offers a lot of file formates but nothing like > "OpenSCAD". So I think about which one I should use here to reuse that > model in OpenSCAD. > > I don't want to modify it. I just want to use it as a placeholder to > build my own model around it. > > thank you for help > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org