Release of OpenSCAD 2019.05

On May 16, after four years of development, a new stable version of OpenSCAD was released - 2019.05.

OpenSCAD is a non-interactive 3D CAD, which is something like a 3D compiler that generates a model from a script in a special programming language. OpenSCAD is well suited for 3D printing, as well as for automatically generating a large number of similar models according to a given set of parameters. It requires only a keyboard and basic coding skills to fully use it.

OpenSCAD is written in C++, distributed under the GPLv2 license and runs on all major operating systems: Linux, *BSD, macOS, Windows.

New in this version

• Programming Language Features

  • Added assert() module и assert() function.
  • Added module let().
  • Feature added ord().
  • Feature added threw out().
  • Added functions for type checking: is_undef(), is_list(), is_num(), is_bool(), is_string().
  • New special variable: $preview.
  • Updates to the list comprehensions generator: if/else condition, each keyword, C-style for loop, iterate over the characters of a string.
  • rotate_extrude(): parameter added angle.
  • import() now supports SVG, 3MF and AMF.
  • color () now supports hexadecimal color specification.

• Features

  • Customizer: allows you to change the design parameters ("constant" in the code) from the GUI, visible in the screenshot on the right.
  • 3D mouse/joystick/gamepad support to navigate in the preview area.
  • Built-in support for 3D printing, including through Octo Print.
  • Support for new export formats: SVG, 3MF, AMF.
  • Quickly edit and preview values ​​by pressing Alt-arrows (Shift-Alt-arrows on macOS).
  • Added command line option –view.
  • An audible notification now plays when rendering ends.
  • redone some errors and warnings.
  • Translation into new languages: Ukrainian, Polish.

• Deprecated Features

  • Removed glide() and subdiv() which were never implemented.

references

• Download sources or ready-made builds for different OS
• GitHub
• Detailed documentation
• MCAD – a library of additional modules, for example, for generating gears or threads

Source: linux.org.ru