The dev-snapshot #docker images of #OpenSCAD are now based on Debian 13 (Trixie) when using the "dev" tag. The bookworm based images are still around with tag "bookworm", but currently amd64 only. The arm64 images will be back soon, once a build issue is resolved. hub.docker.com/r/openscad/o...

New book by Roberto Hamm published (in French): Ça, c’est #OpenSCAD openscad.org/documentatio... #3dprinting #books

After a long time of battle testing, we’ve now made the Manifold backend in #OpenSCAD the default. This means that all new users of the development snapshot will, starting with the next nightly build, experience significantly faster rendering. #3dprinting #floss

Due to this topic coming up recently, we'll have a look at how #OpenSCAD supports typographic features some modern fonts have. A list of features can be found at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... along with a short description of what they do.

A little teaser? #OpenSCAD #Python

3D printing giant things with a python jigsaw generator - calbryant.uk/blog/3d-prin... #OpenSCAD #3dprinting

New #OpenSCAD library added to the list at openscad.org/libraries.ht... (License: CC0). #foss #floss #3dprinting

Over the last couple of month, people have been working on extending #OpenSCAD to finally support color for the rendered 3D meshes. not just in preview. The base of all this is the new geometry engine Manifold, so this needs to be selected in Preferences.

Starting a bit late, as always, but here is #SCADvent again. The #OpenSCAD advent calendar is different this time, it's the "Tutorial Edition". We'll try to bring 15 lessons starting at the very basics but hopefully also showing some interesting things later. openscad.org/advent-calen... #Advent