OpenSCAD 2010.01 released

> Hi,
>
> I've just released OpenSCAD 2010.01. The source package and the  
> linux x86
> binaries can be downloaded from openscad.org. I'd guess binaries for
> windows and macos will follow soon.
>
> Quick summary of changes in this release:
>
> o Added functions and statements
>  - Added intersection_for()
>  - Added str function
>  - Added min and max function
>  - Added color() statement
> o Added 2D Subsystem
>  - New primitives: circle(), square() and polygon()
>  - 2D->3D path: linear_extrude() and rotate_extrude()
>  - Import of DXF to 2d subsystem: import_dxf()
>  - Export of 2D data as DXF files
> o Some bugs fixed, maybe some new bugs added to
>
> yours,
> - clifford
>
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> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 05:06:54PM -0500, Andrew Plumb wrote:
>> Oooh! Does color() get written out to STL?  Shapeways just added full
>> color printing to their options.
>
> atm this is only used in the OpenCSG and Thown Together display modes.
>
> there are two problems with colors in STL: 1. I don't know how to  
> pass this
> kind of metadata thru CGAL and 2. I did some research on the web but  
> did
> not find any satisfying documentation of colors in STL. It seams like
> everyone is doing his or her own extensions to STL to add color to  
> the file
> format..
>
> yours,
> - clifford
>
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> vice versa.
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> Yeah, I looked at it more closely and discovered the same thing.
>
> One import/export format that may be of use is Collada.  That will get
> people hooks into Google's SketchUp and Blender via plug-in.  It's
> also XML-based so you may be able to use QT's native XML processing to
> read and write it.
>
> Andrew.
>
> On 8-Jan-10, at 5:13 PM, Clifford Wolf wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 05:06:54PM -0500, Andrew Plumb wrote:
>>> Oooh! Does color() get written out to STL?  Shapeways just added  
>>> full
>>> color printing to their options.
>>
>> atm this is only used in the OpenCSG and Thown Together display  
>> modes.
>>
>> there are two problems with colors in STL: 1. I don't know how to
>> pass this
>> kind of metadata thru CGAL and 2. I did some research on the web but
>> did
>> not find any satisfying documentation of colors in STL. It seams like
>> everyone is doing his or her own extensions to STL to add color to
>> the file
>> format..
>>
>> yours,
>> - clifford
>>
>> --
>> It is easier to change the specification to fit the program than
>> vice versa.
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