OpenSCAD Minkowski

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OpenSCAD Minkowski

Menu location
OpenSCAD → Minkowski

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Workbenches
OpenSCAD
Default shortcut
none
Introduced in version
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See also
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Description

Applies a minkowski sum to selected shapes.

Mathematical Definition

Add each element of subset A to each element of subset B to get minkowski sum.

Geometrical Definition

Sweep element A along all boundaries of element B. Resulting space which is occupied by both elements is minkowski sum.

An example of a minkowski sum

Example of minkowski sum applied to cylinder and cube. Note: that the height of minkowski sum is height of cylinder plus height of cube.

Usage

  1. Select shapes in Tree-View or in 3D-View
  2. Click on or choose OpenSCAD Minkowski from the top menu.

Limitations

Feature needs OpenSCAD installed and configured in Edit Preferences

Notes