<Jack21>
you can't get the points within scad but exporting it and the svg dxf has the points .. you can then paste as array
<Jack21>
before text was a module some made text modules with the points - so you can take one of these "fonts" and you have the points
<JakeSays>
yeah i was exporting the points as an stl file
<Jack21>
but that is 3D .. use svg
<JakeSays>
ahh
<JakeSays>
hmm
<JakeSays>
ok i'll try that
<Jack21>
i wonder if it wouldn't be much work to create a new module/function that has the points and make them available as variable vector - would be a nice feature
<dalias>
it would be much work and it's very contrary to the data model
<JakeSays>
actually someone just wrote one
<JakeSays>
render() as a function
<JakeSays>
dalias: how is it contrary to the data model?
<dalias>
i dont know the right words to describe it, but the data model is a CSG tree of abstract objects
<JakeSays>
ok well if i draw an object using point i got from somewhere else, it still fits that model just fine
<JakeSays>
*points
<JakeSays>
Jack21: lol svg worked perfectly. thanks!
<JakeSays>
dalias: it's no different than importing an stl file
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<dalias>
i'm too tired to explain why it is
<dalias>
but it absolutely is different
<JakeSays>
dalias: it's not different. the end result ends up being an abstract object in the CSG tree
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<dalias>
you're missing the point
<dalias>
and again i'm not in the mood to explain it to you
<Jack21>
if i can export the points into a file and import them - it shouldn't be difficult to do this without saving the file
<InPhase>
JakeSays: Yeah, if you can get that 3956 PR compiled that might be the most direct route to an internal solution to your particular problem. Just note it's under active development and might change in breaking ways yet.
<JakeSays>
InPhase: i'll take a look at it tomorow
<InPhase>
Although there's no shame in a scripted multi-openscad-pass command line path to a solution.
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<Guest9999>
Hello, is there a way to get outer dimensions of some complex object? At least as echo to console? I fiddle with some parametric stuff and need to debug my final dimensions.
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<Jack21>
guest9999 if your object was created by CSG operations then you can't see the points except exporting as 3mf and unzip the file
<Jack21>
however adding a #%cube() with the dimensions you want can help to see if it matches with your object