Designing the frame in Inkscape and OpenSCAD
Inkscape is a free and powerful design tool that we can use to create .svg files to import into OpenSCAD. In this section, we will download and install Inkscape. We will then take a very brief look at the tools we will be using. This will in no way be a comprehensive tutorial on Inkscape as it is a program that requires a fair bit of time to master.
We will use Inkscape to design the sides, or the frame, of our laptop stand. We will then import the file into OpenSCAD and modify it using code. We will export the file to an .stl file, so that we can 3D print it. We will start by downloading and installing Inkscape.
Downloading and installing Inkscape
The current version of Inkscape as of this writing is 1.1.2. It can be downloaded from the Inkscape website – http://inkscape.org. There are versions for Linux, Windows, and macOS. There is an option to download the source code as well.
To download and install Inkscape, we...
