use-openscad

name	use-openscad
description	Writes OpenSCAD code and drives the `openscad` command-line compiler to produce STL/3MF/AMF/DXF/SVG/PNG outputs from parametric `.scad` models. This skill should be used when the user asks to design a 3D-printable part, generate a laser-cut 2D plate, render a preview image of a CAD model, export STL for 3D printing, batch-render parametric variants, or convert between mesh formats. Invoked via "/hardware:use-openscad".
user-invocable	true
license	MIT
metadata	{"version":"1.0"}

Use OpenSCAD

Design parametric 3D and 2D parts in OpenSCAD and compile them to fabrication outputs with the openscad CLI. OpenSCAD is a functional code-based CAD language — modules and functions, CSG booleans, extrusion — ideal for an agent to write and iterate.

Process

1. Understand what the user wants (a printable part, a laser-cut plate, a preview image, a mesh conversion) and pick the target format (STL/3MF/AMF for 3D printing, DXF/SVG for 2D cutting, PNG for preview).
2. Locate and verify the binary (see "Locating the binary"). Run openscad_run --version first to confirm it works.
3. Author the .scad model using references/language.md for syntax. Make dimensions variables when the user wants parametric control from the command line.