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Project: Form based script parameterization
OpenSCAD uses a scripting language to describe 3D models. The scripts can be parametrized so one generic description can generate a whole class of specific models. This project intends to define a way how to store additional meta data that can be used to automatically generate a user interface to modify the parameters.
There are already some implementations that provide a similar functionality but those do not integrate with OpenSCAD and are not fully Open Source (e.g. Thingiverse Customizer, Sculpteo Customizer). Also it's preferred to use a more general and clearly defined way to specify the needed meta data than using comments inside the script.
Topics that need to be solved
- Clarify the list of use cases that can be solved with form based parameter input
- Collect types and properties/restrictions of the various parameters needed
- Define an official way of specifying these parameters
- Write a dynamic GUI in OpenSCAD similar to the two existing solutions (this could be done in C++, Qt-JavaScript, or pure HTML using a web view)
- Specification document for the meta data definition
- Prototype Implementation using the meta data to create a dynamic GUI
- Analyze subjects and specify ways to implement
- Communicate with the community to fine tune requirements
- C++ or JavaScript/HTML depending on the proposed solution
Medium
Github issue with discussion: https://github.com/openscad/openscad/issues/722
Note that Thingiverse Customizer is probably based on CloudSCAD (https://github.com/tbuser/cloudscad), so we can take some ideas from there.