So so far we have talked about how to make some basic shapes in OpenSCAD, but if all you could do make was cubes, spheres and other simple shapes then what use would the program be. Ofcourse this isn’t all you can do, so lets start building up some usefull objects. So as an example … [Read more…]
OK so now that we can tell openSCAD to make basic shapes we now want to be able to move them around, rotate them and while we are at it any other transformations we can throw in at the same time. So lets start with a basic cylinder cylinder(h=10,r=5,$fn=30); now as you can see we … [Read more…]
So lets start with a few disclaimers, firstly open source software can have a very fast update rate, so things I write here while working now may not necessarily work in the future if something big changes in openSCAD. secondly I am running fedora 22, a version of Linux, at the moment so it may … [Read more…]
One thing that I have always found useful when working on a project is being able to visualise it, and any method that helps you do that, especially with larger/more complicated projects can be a big help. Now normally I would just jot down details in a note book for me, and just draw out … [Read more…]
Some old pictures I took a few months ago when Jupiter was quite bright in the sky. As you can see in the above picture a few of the moons are quite clearly visible, although Jupiter itself is quite over exposed (couldn’t get a shot of both the moons and Jupiter correctly exposed). After a … [Read more…]
So I was talking with my house mate Dave this morning about music, and how when he gets his own place he likes the idea of having all of his music on show again, rather than just using his music library on his computer. Apparently one of the side effects of no longer using CDs … [Read more…]
Ok so today I set up a website. Now to add things to it Share This: