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diff --git a/openscad.html.markdown b/openscad.html.markdown
index 4e0fc696..e09b5109 100644
--- a/openscad.html.markdown
+++ b/openscad.html.markdown
@@ -2,42 +2,38 @@
language: openscad
filename: learnopenscad.scad
contributors:
- - ["Thomas Preston", "https://github.com/tompreston/"]
+ - ["Tom Preston", "https://github.com/tompreston/"]
---
Draw 3D models with code using [OpenSCAD](https://openscad.org/).
```openscad
-// Single-line comments start with //
+// Comments look like this
-/*
-Multi-line comments look like this.
-*/
-
-/* 3D Primitives */
+// 3D Primitives
cube(10);
cube([5, 10, 20]);
sphere(10);
-/* Transformations */
+// Transformations
translate([20, 0, 0]) cube(10);
rotate([0, 20, 30]) cube(10);
translate([20, 0, 0]) rotate([0, 20, 30]) cube(10);
rotate([0, 20, 30]) translate([20, 0, 0]) cube(10);
-/* Modifiers
- * * disable
- * ! show only
- * # highlight / debug
- * % transparent / background
- */
-/* For example, show only the rotated cube at the origin, before we translate it. */
+// Modifiers
+//
+// * disable
+// ! show only
+// # highlight / debug
+// % transparent / background
+//
+// For example, show only the rotated cube at the origin, before we translate it.
translate([20, 0, 0]) !rotate([0, 20, 30]) cube(10);
-/* Formatting
- * The following models are the same. The official docs prefer the second.
- */
+// Formatting
+// The following models are the same. The official docs prefer the second.
rotate([0, 20, 30]) translate([20, 0, 0]) cube(10);
rotate([0, 20, 30])
@@ -50,7 +46,7 @@ rotate([0, 20, 30]) {
}
}
-/* Loops */
+// Loops
num_cubes = 5;
r = 20;
cube_len = 5;
@@ -62,11 +58,12 @@ for (i = [0:num_cubes]) {
cube(cube_len, center=true);
}
-/* Boolean operations.
- * union() - the sum of both shapes
- * difference() - the first shape, minus the second shape
- * intersection() - only parts of both shapes which intersect
- */
+// Boolean operations
+//
+// union() - the sum of both shapes
+// difference() - the first shape, minus the second shape
+// intersection() - only parts of both shapes which intersect
+//
cube_l = 20;
cube_w = 10;
cube_h = 10;
@@ -82,12 +79,12 @@ difference() {
cylinder(cube_w, r=hole_r);
}
-/* Functions calculate values. */
+// Functions calculate values
function inch2mm(i) = i * 25.4;
cube(inch2mm(2));
-/* Modules create objects you want to use later. */
+// Modules create objects you want to use later
module house(roof="flat", paint=[1,0,0]) {
color(paint)
if (roof=="flat") {
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ module house(roof="flat", paint=[1,0,0]) {
translate([0,-1,0]) {
translate([0.5,0.5,1])
sphere(r=0.5,$fn=20);
- cube();
+ cube();
}
}
}
@@ -109,9 +106,9 @@ module house(roof="flat", paint=[1,0,0]) {
house("pitched");
translate([2, 0, 0]) house("domical");
-/* Import modules and function from other files. */
-include <filename> /* Import the content of the file as if they were written in this file. */
-use <filename> /* Import modules and functions, but do not execute any commands. */
+// Import modules and function from other files
+include <filename> // Import the content of the file as if they were written in this file
+use <filename> // Import modules and functions, but do not execute any commands
```
## Further Reading