g-scad [-d] [-o output.scad] file.g object(s)G-SCAD(1)
NAME
g-scad - BRL-CAD to OpenSCAD Translator (BRL-CAD to SCAD)
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SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
g-scad converts the specified BRL-CAD objects from file.g to OpenSCAD format. The output preserves CSG structure, mapping BRL-CAD boolean operations and primitives directly to OpenSCAD equivalents rather than tessellating everything to polyhedron.
Direct primitive mappings: SPH and ELL to sphere(), TGC and REC to cylinder(), ARB to polyhedron(), BOT to polyhedron(), TOR to rotate_extrude(circle()), PARTICLE to hull() of two spheres, PIPE to union of cylinders and spheres, EXTRUDE to linear_extrude(polygon()), REVOLVE to rotate_extrude(polygon()), and HALF to a large translated cube. Combination colors are emitted as color() wrappers. Primitives without direct mappings are tessellated via their ft_tessellate method and emitted as polyhedron().
The -d option prints debugging information. The -o option specifies the output file (default is stdout).
EXAMPLE
$ g-scad -o model.scad model.g all.g $ openscad model.scad
SEE ALSO
csg-g(1), g-stl(1), openscad(1)
AUTHOR
BRL-CAD Team
COPYRIGHT
This software is Copyright (c) 2025 by the United States Government as represented by U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
BUG REPORTS
Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic mail to devs@brlcad.org