Provided by: openscad_2021.01-7_amd64 
NAME
openscad - script file based graphical CAD environment
SYNOPSIS
openscad [options] [file]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the openscad command.
openscad is a software for creating solid 3D CAD objects. It focuses on CAD aspects rather than artistic
ones.
OpenSCAD will start as a graphical program unless export options are given (see below). For the usage of
the GUI and a description of the OpenSCAD language see the OpenSCAD user manual at
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual. A tutorial can be found at
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_Tutorial.
OPTIONS
-o outputfile
Export the given file to outputfile in STL, OFF, AMF, 3MF, DXF, SVG, or PNG format, depending on
file extension of outputfile. If this option is given, the GUI will not be started.
Known extensions: stl, off, amf, 3mf, csg, dxf, svg, png, echo, ast, term, nef3, nefdbg.
Additional formats, which are mainly used for debugging and testing (but can also be used in
automation), are AST (the input file as parsed and serialized again), CSG (an OpenSCAD language
representation of the input file with calculations done and module calls applied), TERM (the
constructive solid geometry expression passed to OpenCSG). If outputfile is null, no output file
will be written, but the file will still be evaluated and all echo commands will be written to the
standard error output. (The rendering process will still take place if the --render option is
given.)
--export-format
Overrides format of exported scad file when using option -o, arg can be any of its supported file
extensions.
-q Quiet mode (don't print anything except errors)
-d file.deps
If the -d option is given, all files accessed while exporting are written to the given deps file
in the syntax of a Makefile.
-m make_command
If a nonexisting file is accessed during OpenSCAD's operation, it will try to invoke make_command
missing_file to create the missing file, and then read it again.
-D var=val
This option can be used to assign constant values to OpenSCAD variables. The variable's value is
an expression, so if this mechanism is used to assign strings, care has to be taken that the shell
does not consume quotation marks. More than one -D option can be given.
-p Customizer parameter file.
-p Customizer parameter set.
-v Print version.
--render
If exporting an image, render the model fully. (Default is preview)
--preview[=throwntogether]
If exporting an image, use an OpenCSG preview (optionally in throwntogether mode for quicker
rendering).
--animate[=N]
Export N animated frames as PNG images.
--view[=axes|crosshairs|edges|scales|wireframe]
View options
--csglimit=limit
If exporting an image as an OpenCSG preview, stop rendering after encountering limit elements to
avoid runaway resource usage.
--camera=transx,transy,transz,rotx,roty,rotz,distance
If exporting an image, use a Gimbal camera with the given parameters. Rot is rotation around the
x, y, and z axis, trans is the distance to move the object in the x, y, and z directions, and
distance is the distance between the camera and the center of the object.
--camera=eyex,eyey,eyez,centerx,centery,centerz
If exporting an image, use a Vector camera with the given parameters. The first three are for the
Eye position, while the next three are for the Center (or target) that the camera will look at.
The 'up' vector is not currently supported.
--viewall
If exporting an image, adjust camera distance to fit the whole design in the frame
--autocenter
If exporting an image, center the design in the frame
--imgsize=width,height
If exporting an image, specify the pixel width and height
--projection=[o|ortho|p|perspective]
If exporting an image, specify whether to use orthographic or perspective projection
--colorscheme=scheme
If exporting an image, use the specified color scheme for the rendering. scheme can be any of
Cornfield, Sunset, Metallic, Starnight, BeforeDawn, Nature or DeepOcean Solarized, Tomorrow,
Tomorrow 2, Tomorrow Night, Monotone.
--hardwarnings
Stop on the first warning
--check-parameters=[true|false]
Configure the parameter check for user modules and functions
--check-parameter-ranges=[true|false]
Configure the parameter range check for builtin modules
--info Show which versions of libraries were used to compile the program, and which OpenGL details are
discovered.
COMMAND LINE EXAMPLES
Render example001.scad into the .stl format (raw triangle data):
openscad -o example001.stl examples/example001.scad
Compile a 2d image using a camera rotated 25 degrees in x and 35 in z, distance 500, with orthographic
projection:
openscad -o o.png o.scad --camera=0,0,0,25,0,35,500 --projection=ortho
Set the 'mode' variable in example017 so that it will render only the parts of the shape. Export to a
.dxf file.
openscad -o example017.dxf -D'mode="parts"' examples/example017.scad
AUTHOR
OpenSCAD was written by Claire 'Clifford' Wolf, Marius Kintel, and others.
This manual page was written by chrysn <chrysn@fsfe.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by
others). Updated by the OpenSCAD team.
2021.01 OPENSCAD(1)