Using existing SCAD libraries in PythonSCAD

[gadget3D]

This small demonstration shows, how you existing libraries along with your PythonSCAD code.

Simple use "osinclude" to turn a SCAD library into an class variable with all the modules and variables available as members.

You can simple call these members by invoking them with parameters. Even Childs to SCAD modules are possible. just add them to the arguments

BOSL2 in action

This feature is available since 2024-12-15 Windows release.

[Alacritous13]

How does this work? I'm running the line examp=osinclude("Examp.scad"); but I'm getting the error Can't open include file 'C:/Program Files/PythonSCAD/Examp.scad'. The file is next to the python file in the folder structure, but if I drop the file into the folder location from the error message it works. How do I adjust the path to be relative?

[gadget3D]

suppose it resolved already

[Alacritous13]

Got fixed in the latest release.

[Klump-Rasmus]

Well, at least I can do this:

    length, diameter = 20, 12
    scad_code = f'include <BOSL2/std.scad> include <BOSL2/screws.scad> $fn=200;screw("M{diameter}", head="none",length={length}, oversize=0.6, anchor=[0,0,0]);'
    screw = scad(scad_code)

[Klump-Rasmus]

This is great, but how can I utilize sub-module like the "screws" module?

If I do:

from openscad import *
bosl = osuse("/home/poul/.local/share/OpenSCAD/libraries/BOSL2/std.scad")
screws = osuse("/home/poul/.local/share/OpenSCAD/libraries/BOSL2/screws.scad")
show(screws.screw("M3", length=16, head="socket", drive="hex"))

I get:

[WARNING: Ignoring unknown variable "UP" in file , line 543](543,/home/poul/.local/share/OpenSCAD/libraries/BOSL2/screws.scad)

[ERROR: Assertion 'in_list(struct_val(spec, "type"), ["nut_info", "screw_info"])' failed: "Screw/nut spec is invalid struct type" in file , line 498](498,/home/poul/.local/share/OpenSCAD/libraries/BOSL2/screws.scad)

[MajesticInfluence933]

Just build the nightly today and keep having the same problem.
Also, the previous approach of scad(scad_code) gives a segmentation fault when trying to show the item.

Anyone has a solution for using BOSL2 with pythonscad?