Sanjeev's approach is to do all the computations in Python and use OpenSCAD just as a display engine. I don't feel like it represents a solution to the problem of filleting objects "in OpenSCAD" in any meaningful sense. You seem dismissive of fillets---"beloved of cast-iron foundries"---but fillets (and roundovers) are very important, both to produce nice feeling parts, but also for strength of parts. Any non-filleted corner creates a stress concentration which can make the part very significantly weaker. Early research in materials science struggled with a 10x-100x discrepancy in theoretical material strength compared to actual observed material strength and the explanation turned out to be stress concentrations. My personal aim is that no model should have any corners. And this is remarkably difficult to accomplish in OpenSCAD. One could imagine the intersection() command having an option to fillet the intersection, for example. That would provide easy access to fillets for a lot of situations. On Sun, Jul 23, 2023 at 2:40 PM Roger Whiteley via Discuss < discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Roger Whiteley <roger.whiteley@me.com> > To: discuss@lists.openscad.org > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 19:40:18 +0100 > Subject: [OpenSCAD] Re: python support for openscad > As a recently retired Systems Architect, having served over 35 years in > two global IT services companies, specialising in Networks and Systems > Security, anything that compromises my system's security is a Bad Thing. > > I have found that there are very few things that OpenSCAD, as a 3D > modelling tool, does badly, simplicity is good, complexity is a loophole > waiting to happen. > > As a 3D generative engineering tool, it can be more challenging to > create objects using OpenSCAD that are structurally sound [no sharp > internal corners] and look 'right' , but the wonderful libraries and > community contributions go a long way to fill in the gaps. > > One question, if a pair of objects can be mesh filleted using Python > computations to create the image in Sanjeev's email, why does OpenSCAD > need Python support at all? > > Fillets, so beloved of cast-iron foundries, are one of the elements > which OpenSCAD could improve, but I'd like to thank all developers of > OpenSCAD for creating something a mathematical numpty like me can use > productively without resorting to mind bending computations to create > something useful. > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Roger Whiteley via Discuss <discuss@lists.openscad.org> > To: discuss@lists.openscad.org > Cc: Roger Whiteley <roger.whiteley@me.com> > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2023 19:40:18 +0100 > Subject: [OpenSCAD] Re: python support for openscad > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to discuss-leave@lists.openscad.org >