Hello, One day we will get there I hope. Meanwhile you should generate the objects separately and export one at time. Eventually using a python script and calling OpenSCAD in command mode you can do that, but I'm not a python/programmer specialist so I can't tell you how to. The way I'm seeing it is to create a module for the "actions" and then generate the set of objects as children. If you search the forum for "export from script" you will find some threads about the subject. Cheers jpmendes -- View this message in context: http://forum.openscad.org/Export-seperate-objects-tp16373p16374.html Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

phlipp wrote: > I could not find any solution for that, so I hope to get any help here. > Taking the > following code for example: for(x=[0:10:40]) translate([x, 0, 0]) { cube(center=true, size=5); } > As expected, it generates four cubes. five, actually... > If I export that as *.stl and import it into > blender, it appears as one single Object, having a »four cube > geometry«. The simple solution in OpenSCAD is to create and export each part separately. But if you insist on doing it in one go, you need to use another tool. AngelScript CSG can do it: ========== shape@ main_shape() { solid@[] shapes; for(int i=0;i<5;i++) { double x = 10+i*10; shapes.push_back(translate(x,0,0)*cube(center:true,size:5)); shapes[i].write_csg(GetOutputFullPath('part'+i+'.csg')); } return union3d(shapes); } void main() { shape@ obj = main_shape(); obj.write_csg(GetOutputFullPath('.csg')); } =============== This generates messages: Created OpenSCAD file: ..\samples\separate_example.part1.csg Created OpenSCAD file: ..\samples\separate_example.part2.csg Created OpenSCAD file: ..\samples\separate_example.part3.csg Created OpenSCAD file: ..\samples\separate_example.part4.csg Created OpenSCAD file: ..\samples\separate_example.part5.csg Created OpenSCAD file: ..\samples\separate_example.csg I.e. one OpenSCAD file per part + one with all as in your original example. The above will run in the latest public version http://arnholm.org/using-angelscript-csg/ . You would still use OpenSCAD for creating STL for each part. [ In an upcoming version it will be possible to use named parameters similar to your example, i.e. it would become: cube(center:true,size:5)) ] Carsten Arnholm