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1. Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 10:23:47 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:
   Friday night fun
   
   So I cleaned up the lamp model and put in proper math so I could scale pieces of it a bit easier. I also fixed the shade panels a bit so they look closer to the final image. I actually plan for the shade to go around the frame but tbh I could trim the outside which would help hide seams and stuff anyway.
   
   The power supply, a relay, a fan, and 2 microcontrollers will go inside along with wires to the LEDs and bookcase. I think my total power for the lamp and the book case is only about half of the total capacity of the PSU so I even have room to add more lights (possibly a wall panel)
   • Tyler (tyler@1611.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 10:25:46 JST Tyler

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     Nice I love OpenSCAD (except for SLOW ASS CGAL FUCK THAT NOISE)

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 10:26:17 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @tyler I'm hoping I can generate a cut list in the console. Maybe eventually do more but I am still pretty green with openscad
   • Tyler (tyler@1611.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 11:51:39 JST Tyler

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     No worries, no worries. It’s certainly a steep learning curve

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 11:56:57 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @tyler when I first roughed this out only a few parameters were adjustable before everything for all stupid. Now I can change all kinds of things on the fly about how it looks which is really handy. I've used it for 3d printing but with woodworking it's more assembly. Eventually I'd like to take time to build some libraries to include things like joinery and edges
   • Niclas Hedhman (niclas@angrytoday.com)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 19:27:07 JST Niclas Hedhman

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     To a programmer, OpenSCAD has an enormous charm, and easy to understand the conceptual models.

     Just that one has to "do" everything that for instance FreeCAD can do out of the box.

     Here is my largest OpenSCAD project, with assembly views, DXF for waterjet cutting and BOMs.

     @tyler

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 19:28:44 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @niclas @tyler yes for me it's much easier to be precise and explain in code what I want than to try and draw it out. Making adjustments in the code is easier to recover from if incorrect which is a boost for a hamfister like me.
   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 19:44:36 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @niclas @tyler like a front page for openscad? I could see the appeal, but I fear the code it might generate. I kind of think that's where parameterizing your model can help a bit. You can't click and pull parts but you can make adjustments and see the changes applied fairly quickly.
     
     I think I need to spend some time writing a few helpers to make wood working planning a little easier and just include them in my models. I have a bunch of stuff I used to make my 3d printing jobs easier, but a lot of that stuff is shaping an object that doesn't have to be made out of boards afterwards so you can break some rules that would normally apply in wood working. There were also some libraries I was using that were a little more general purpose so I may take a look at how they could be used in woodworking.
   • Niclas Hedhman (niclas@angrytoday.com)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 19:44:37 JST Niclas Hedhman

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     Yeah, I tend to agree, but it feels like there should exist a middle ground between the two approaches.

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   • Niclas Hedhman (niclas@angrytoday.com)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 20:03:56 JST Niclas Hedhman

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     I think that a strong "object" concept in OpenSCAD could help with possibility to attach UI controls to such objects. Not sure how.

     I relied a lot on https://github.com/nophead/NopSCADlib which is for 3D printers and adjacent projects. It probably contains functions that are generic.
     Otherwise, hope you can find something similar.

     @tyler

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   • Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think: (thatguyoverthere@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 20:04:23 JST Disinformation Purveyor :verified_think:

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     @niclas @tyler yeah I used this library. Lots of goodies for printing. worth looking through for general purpose stuff too though.