JSCAD Viewer

View JSCad files inside Atom.

Forked from atom-scad-preview.

OpenJsCad is similar to OpenScad, and allows you to create 3D objects using JavaScript. Look at the Programming Guide for detailed information on creating 3D objects.

You can also look at jscad-utils for utilities to help create complex objects using OpenJsCad.

Install

Install the atom package using preferences or apm install jscad-viewer.

To install the development package, clone the repo then cd into the directory and run apm install.

To update the OpenJsCad files, cd into the standalone directory and ./update.sh.

You can access the console by pressing opt-cmd-i. Changes in the standalone directory will be shown the next time you open a preview. lib changes need atom to reload, which can be done with ctrl-opt-cmd-l. If you start atom in dev mode, use the menu View->Developer->Open in dev mode... changes to the styles/atom-scad-preview.less file are hot re-loaded.

Basic Example

Create a new file named example.jscad and include the following:

function main() {
  return CSG.cube({radius:[5,5,5]});
}

Right click on example.jscad and select View JSCAD file. A blue cube should appear in the right pane.

You can use the mouse to rotate and zoom the camera. Below the viewer, you can export the object as different file types including .stl for use in a slicer.

jscad-utils example

jscad-utils is a set of utilities that provide alignment and grouping functions for OpenJsCad. With it, you can create complex objects quickly and easily.

The easiest way to use jscad-utils is with the yeoman jscad generator. It's possible to use the utilites by itself, as detailed in the instructions. You will need NodeJS and Gulp installed

Follow the instructions to install the generator here.

Create a directory called myproject, and inside it run yo jscad. Follow the prompts.

You will get a myproject.jscad file for your project. Running gulp will create a dist/myproject.jscad file. Right click on the dist/myproject.jscad file in Atom and select View JSCAD file and the object should appear in the viewer on the right.

Using the platformio-ide-terminal atom plugin to run gulp gives you a nice IDE.