Basics

What is needed to use agentscad library:

• Install OpenSCAD
• Install libraries (see below)
• Create a new file in OpenSCAD and begin using APIs.

Libraries listed above must be installed in:

• Windows: My Documents\OpenSCAD\libraries
• Linux: $HOME/.local/share/OpenSCAD/libraries
• Mac OS X: $HOME/Documents/OpenSCAD/libraries

The folder libraries might not exist you have to create it yourself.

Download as ZIP and unzip (or git clone) in libraries folder:

• https://github.com/openscad/scad-utils
• https://github.com/openscad/list-comprehension-demos
• https://github.com/GillesBouissac/agentscad

Note: The ZIP files contains the branch name (ie: master), this folder must be removed before install.

The result should be:

  %USERPROFILE%
    \__Documents
       \__ OpenSCAD
           \__ libraries
               \__ agentscad
               \__ list-comprehension-demos
               \__ scad-utils

Canvas

Working with canvas library needs grayscale images as input, This tool can be used to generate them from pictures: img2gray.

This is a python script that use opencv graphic library:

• Install python
• Then install opencv from a shell: pip install opencv-python