Control Export

Until now when we export the whole the geometry as an STL this results in a single output file:

microcad export lego_brick

But we also can use the #[export] attribute to export each brick to a different file:

mod lego_brick;

use lego_brick::*;

#[export = "double_2x2.stl"]
double_2x2 = LegoBrick(rows = 2, columns = 2, base_height = 9.6mm * 2);

#[export = "single_4x2.stl"]
single_4x2 = LegoBrick(rows = 4, columns = 2);

#[export = "third_3x2.stl"]
third_3x2 = LegoBrick(rows = 5, columns = 1, base_height = 3.2mm);

When we export the file now, three files with the specified names will be created and we do not need the translate() operations anymore.

TODO

• It seems unclear why the export attribute is used at assignments when we said before, that assignments will not generate any geometry.