[OpenSCAD] That did it...

[Giles Bathgate]

On 28 March 2011 13:46, Dan Zuras 3D <threedee at nonabelian.com> wrote:
>        Something like:
>
>        $viewpoint = [x(t),y(t),z(t)], orientation = [rx(t),ry(t),rz(t)];
>
>        would solve the problem for user specified functions of t.
>        But this may be getting out of hand for something that
>        has a relatively simple solution that already exists.

How about:

$viewpoint =  [0,0,0] //where to look (default is origin like you say)
$viewlocation = [10,20,30] //where the camera is located


>        Cool.
>        However, I am an Ubuntu guy.
>        I guess I'll have to wait.

Building from source is quite easy.

See: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Building_on_Linux/UNIX

Have a go, and let me know what troubles you run into so the
documentation can be improved.

Regards

Giles.