Offset holes / bolean / AUTOMATION IDEAS....

 From:  fcwilt
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In relation to this topic does anyone know of a way to export from OpenSCAD and import into MOI?

The nature of OpenSCAD makes it simply to create "tools" to generate objects that are similar in shape but vary in dimensions.


Anyway back to MOI.

Creating a library of shapes may not appeal to some but it is easy to do. Revolving a profile can create many of the required shapes.

I may spend hours and hours working on a project so spending a few minutes to add a new shape to my library doesn't seem a such a chore.

A given fastener may have single CAD model but there may be a good deal of variation in the "hole" needed for the fastener so I cannot (yet) envision an easy way to use the CAD model as a template for the "hole".


Interesting discussion. Looking forward to see where it goes.

Thanks.

Frederick