OpenSCAD rendering
Std. 512×512 OpenSCAD rendering
Recent versions of OpenSCAD is capable of rendering objects/assemblies to images.
To the right there is an example of the default 512×512 image quality produced by the command:
openscad -o render.png assembly.scad
Below it is an anti-aliased version of the same scad file.
I used the common trick of generating an oversized image and downscaling it.
It was created with the following two commands:
openscad -o render.png --imgsize=2048,2048 assembly.scad convert render.png -resize 512x512 render.png
If you update your project renderings using a makefile/script I don’t consider it much of a hassle considering the improvement in image quality.
Also at least on my laptop with the currently relativity simple scad file rendering is still fast.
2048×2048 OpenSCAD render downscaled to 512×512
In case you are wondering the assembly is a new CNC mill I’m designing.
Which hopefully is an improvement over the last design.
The old design is available HERE
The new design is being created HERE
Unlike the old design the new one is being pre-assembled in openscad, hopefully preventing having to print parts that only fitted together in my head, saving both time and plastic.
Both designs are hosted on Cubehero, my favourite site for sharing designs on.
It comes with build in version control though git (it also has a web interface for “kittens”)
Wil that runs the site is a friendly and helpful guy, and it is not bogged down with stupid End User License Agreements like another site…
I highly recommend it…
