Creating a Captive Sphere with OpenSCAD

Create a captive sphere model—using just 10 lines of code—and make the object printable with OpenSCAD, the free, multiplatform 3D CAD program.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Downloading OpenSCAD

1. Building a Captive Sphere

• Setting up the view
• Making the initial cube
• Centering the cube
• Adding a sphere
• Increasing the resolution
• Subtracting the sphere from the cube
• Adding a second sphere

2. Make the Object Printable

• Viewing the base
• Creating a second cube
• Subtracting the cube from the sphere
• Reducing the cube
• Exporting the object

Conclusion

• The final printed object