OpenSCAD User Manual/Language Reference OBS2015.7.30

The OpenSCAD Language Reference

1. The OpenSCAD Language
   1. General - READ THIS FIRST
   2. Values and Data Types
   3. variables
   4. vectors
   5. vector initialization
2. 3D Object Modules
   1. 3D Primitive Solids - cube, sphere, cylinder, polyhedron
   2. 3D to 2D Projection
   3. Importing 3D Geometry
3. 2D Object Modules
   1. 2D Primitives - square, circle, polygon
   2. Text draw text objects using fonts.
   3. 2D to 3D - extrusions
   4. Importing 2D Geometry
4. Transforms and Modification Operator Modules
   1. color
   2. rotate, translate, mirror, multmatrix
   3. scale, resize
   4. offset, minkowski, hull
   5. Combining transformations
5. Syntactic Operators
6. Boolean Combinations
   1. union, difference, intersection, render
7. Flow of Control Statements
   1. Conditional and Iterator Functions - for, intersection_for, if, conditional ? :
   2. assign, let
8. Expressions
   1. Mathematical Operators
   2. Mathematical Functions
   3. Other
   4. String Functions - str, chr, ord
   5. Type Test Functions
9. Using Special Variable $t in Animation
10. Other Language Features - Special '$' variables, echo, render, surface, search , version(), version_num(), parent_module(n) and $parent_modules, assert
11. User-Defined Functions and Modules - Functions, Modules, Children
12. Debugging aids -  % # ! * echo
13. External libraries and code files
    1. include - SCAD, CSG
    2. use - SCAD
    3. import - STL, OFF, DXF
       1. import_dxf - Deprecated
       2. import_stl - Deprecated
    4. export - STL, OFF, AMF, 3MF, DXF, SVG, PNG, CSG
    5. surface - PNG