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 http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual.

OPTIONS

       -o outputfile
              Export the given file to outputfile in STL, OFF, DXF or CSG  format,  depending  on
              file  extension  of  outputfile  (which  has  to be lower case).  If this option is
              given, the GUI will not be started.

       -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 options can be given.

       -v, --version
              Show version of program.

AUTHOR

       OpenSCAD was written by 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).

                                            2011-11-03                                OPENSCAD(1)