Created python version of convert-2d to enable Windows compatibility

dcm684 commented 2 years ago

The bash script converter could not be used by Windows users. This new script allows users of Windows, OSX, and Linux to convert their lasercut OpenSCAD projects to 2D files.

In addition to added Windows compatibility these other improvements were added:

Output to a supported format based on the given output file's extension
Can specify path to the openscad executable
Can set path to lasercut.scad
Extrude the flattend object (inspired by samowitsch's PR)

Tested on Windows with 64-bit installation. Code for OSX and Linux openscad path determination is untested but was taken straight from convert-2d.sh script.

Updated README.md to reflect addition of convert-2d.py

bmsleight commented 2 years ago

Wow - looks really good, thanks for the hard work. Will try and review this weekend.

dcm684 commented 2 years ago

Have you had a chance to review the script? Is there anything that I should change?

bmsleight commented 2 years ago

No sorry not had a chance. Apologies. Looks good. Heck - lets merge and see if I can test next week. [We not talking safety critical software :) ]

Thanks for the work. I must start a contributors file soon.

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Created python version of convert-2d to enable Windows compatibility #27