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Much of the open source hardware community is developing designs in OpenSCAD. Importing STL (when that is finally implemented) and building a model on top of that would be doable but it would make models much more reusable if Fusion 360 had a module for importing/exporting OpenSCAD files directly.
This is an interesting request. Leon I'm going to start a thread about mesh modeling.
The issue you are having with stl in and openSCAD all stem from the root problem that these are mesh models and Fusion is a multi/representation but heavily favored sub-d/nubs modeler.
@schneik maybe i'm wrong but OpenSCAD isn't a mesh modeller, is it? it is generating mesh models when you export to stl or other formats of course, but openSCAD itself is as descriptive as it could be and is mostly based on basic shapes and objects and diverse boolean operations. Wouldn't that be a good foundation for an exact-as-possible import into fusion360?
I almost hate to revive a old thread, but I'm pulling my hair out with OpenSCAD. It would be amazing to import these models into Fusion. I have to be very clear here, OpenSCAD is NOT a mesh modeller. The syntax appears to be similar to the PovRay modelling language (how different can they be, really). It should be fairly straight-forward to turn the OpenSCAD commands into commands for the fusion importer to turn into geometry. The P.I.T.A. about OpenSCAD is that it has very limited export options. STL is really the only one that can take 3D gemometry and get it into Fusion, and we know how much fun that is.
It would indeed be amazing to have the OpenSCAD parser within Fusion. I'm thinking of programmatically generated content.
We have a track simulator. It could spit out the 3D track for i.e. strength analysis if I know of a common format to import model data into Fusion360. OpenSCAD seems like a good candidate for such.
However, please note that OpenSCAD is *not* a format. It's an API. I.e. in your sample there's a for loop.
Actually, OpenSCAD is a functional description language, with a pretty minimal API. In terms of export/import, it's possible to export an OpenSCAD design to a .csg file. Such a file contains only basic primitives and have evaluated all user-defined modules, functions, for loops etc.
Such a .csg file could be imported into other software, with the loss of the parametric capabilities, similar to export/import between any other CAD tools. This is how e.g. FreeCAD imports OpenSCAD files.
I would also be very interested in being able to edit my OpenSCAD designs with the Fusion. So far I mainly used OpenSCAD for 3d-printing jobs and it is pretty powerful, but there is still a lot to be desired. I am just starting to learn Fusion but I see a huge potential there, and the possibility to open my old .scad designs with the Fusion would make a transfer a lot smoother for me. By the way, in the last (2015-03) version of openscad there are multiple options for the file export except STL, like OFF and AMF, none of which however seems to be compatible with Fusion. Are there any plans for adding this option?
Let’s revive this question, I’ve Just installed Fusion 360 and I just beginning to try and learn it, but it looks promising, I’ve been using OpenScad for some months for 3D printing and it conquered me specially for the parametric part where you can play around with the designs.
It would be perfect if it could be imported into Fusion.
This would be a wonderful feature for the open hardware community and I believe this feature would help further cement Fusion 360 as the CAD tool of choice for the Maker community.
I rely on OpenSCAD for a completely deterministic, programmed route to the essential geometries of an object - say an electronics enclosure. I often re-use well proven chunks of code for, say, Raspberry pi mount holes.
Then, I would love to be able to import this into Fusion360 and perhaps sculpt a more refined exterior.
I would love to see this in Fusion as well, but for the time being, it is possible, for a limited set of models, using FreeCAD as an intermediary. Not ideal, for sure, but it does work.
I wonder if it would be possible to write a javascript Fusion plugin that could do this...
I'd like to be able to publish things using https://www.thingiverse.com/customizer so it's super-easy for others to customize my designs. Unfortunately down at the bottom of that page it says:
Step 1
Make an OpenSCAD file for Customizer
Yes I know OpenSCAD is free, but I already have too many 3D things to learn and not enough time
What @Anonymous said, on Thingiverse any design that could be useful in many sizes required an SCAD upload so you can input the size you want and the script does the rest. I asked the question in their support group on how to do this with fusion360 and the answer was, stop using Fusion and moved to OpenSCAD because that what we're all using. Now all my designs are uploaded on Thingiverse and I'm a true supporter of Fusion360, but this does not sound good for us 3D printers. Anyone from Fusion360 support care to comment?
So to test, if I render the converted STL to SCAD file in OpenSCAD and then exported back into an STL using SCAD then load into Simpify3D to slice the file for 3D Printing it does look a little strange (this could be OpenSCAD export to STL), however slicing the file makes it look OK. If i save this file now as .gcode with the same settings then analyse both gcode files for the differences they generally appear to be "near" same. Some XY coords are very slightly out, but I have seen this before and makes no difference to the finished 3D Print.
It would be really cool to get this functionality into Fusion360!new
Just thought I'd add that I'm happy to do some testing and printing of converted objects if that will cover any quality controls before releasing functionality.
The STL to SCAD converter though cool is not useful to for the purposes of communicating useful CAD data.
All of the "solid" geometry of Fusion 360 model is lost when the file is exported as an STL making it a pain in the butt to edit and or modify. Being able to import STL to openscad though useful in some cases is not really a solution.
