Summary
In this chapter, we introduced the CAD design software, OpenSCAD. We discussed some of its features and compared it to other CAD environments on the market. We then became familiar with its graphical interface by looking at the major components.
We started writing code to generate our first design and learned a little bit about the types of objects available in OpenSCAD. We took a hands-on approach to learning by creating a simple sphere. We looked at the Boolean and transformation operations and demonstrated these concepts with examples. We finished off the chapter by creating a PVC pipe hook.
In the next chapter, we will take what we have learned so far and dive a little deeper into more complex OpenSCAD coding.