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Creating a Captive Sphere with OpenSCAD

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Create a captive sphere model—using just 10 lines of code—and make the object printable with OpenSCAD, the free, multiplatform 3D CAD program.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Downloading OpenSCAD
1. Building a Captive Sphere
  • Setting up the view
  • Making the initial cube
  • Centering the cube
  • Adding a sphere
  • Increasing the resolution
  • Subtracting the sphere from the cube
  • Adding a second sphere
2. Make the Object Printable
  • Viewing the base
  • Creating a second cube
  • Subtracting the cube from the sphere
  • Reducing the cube
  • Exporting the object
Conclusion
  • The final printed object

Taught by

Steve Caplin

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