Finish the frame

Now we have successfully created a model which describes the frame by the difference of two rectangles.

At first glance, it might seem a bit cumbersome to go through multiple steps just to create a simple frame. However, this example was intentionally designed to introduce you to the fundamental concepts of µcad - such as workbenches, operations and groups. Those foundational steps give you a clearer understanding of how µcad works under the hood.

Fortunately, µcad has a ready-to-go sketch in the std library to construct a frame geometry like we have constructed: the Frame sketch. Using it, we can achieve the same result as before but with a much simpler expression:

// Include all from std::geo2d using * (including Frame)
use std::geo2d::*;

thickness = 1.2mm;
width = 31.8mm;
height = 15.8mm;

// Construct a frame
Frame(width, height, thickness);

It looks fine, so let's continue with the struts...