Adds support for OpenSCAD customizer

hominoids / SBC_Case_Builder

Autonomous SBC case generation using SBC Model Framework

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Adds support for OpenSCAD customizer #4

Closed davejlong closed 2 years ago

davejlong commented 2 years ago

Using the OpenSCAD customizer lowers the barrier to entry for anyone wanting to quickly generate a case for an existing SBC in the project. With this PR, all comments in sbc_case_builder.scad are updated to enable the Customizer to show options in easy to edit fields. Only thing to note for future contributions of new cases to the project is that they have to be added to the list at line 48 of sbc_case_builder.scad to show in the Customizer drop-down.

tomek-szczesny commented 2 years ago

Very interesting addition, I wasn't aware of this functionality in OpenSCAD.

davejlong commented 2 years ago

Definitely worth taking a look at https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Customizer

I'm working on another pull request that makes the entire case config customizer compatible. OpenSCAD also lets you store multiple configurations in a JSON file, so it would be possible to replace sbc_case_builder.cfg with a JSON file and have a dropdown in OpenSCAD to select the case you want.

hominoids commented 2 years ago

That sounds interesting. I have been looking for a way to save variables and I wasn't aware customizer can. Ideally, as well as loading cases, one should be able to select any case variables that are currently in sbc_case_builder.cfg and then save it as a new case. One thing to figure out is the best way to handle the accessories. I like this approach. I have been working on more base cases so good progress is being made overall.