implicitcad_watcher watches any .escad files in the current directory and recompiles them with ImplicitCAD (http://www.implicitcad.org/).

ImplicitCAD lacks an IDE like OpenSCAD and this makes it much easier to iterate on designs and get rapid feedback. I use OS X's Finder preview functionality for displaying the resulting STL file.

Some things just don't work in ImplicitCAD, so it's nice to be able to render with OpenSCAD. That's what openscad_watcher is for! Use it just like implicitcad_watcher, but on .scad or .escad files.

ImplicitCAD has features that OpenSCAD doesn't, so not all files will render.

cd git/3d_models/fidget_spinner_915/
implicitcad_watcher
// create or edit a .escad file
// view resulting stl file
// repeat (edit and view cycle)

gem install specific_install
gem specific_install -l https://www.github.com/aerickson/implicitcad_watcher

./bin/implicitcad_watcher
./bin/openscad_watcher

# old
ruby -Ilib bin/implicitcad_watcher

• make openscad_watcher work on non-osx hosts
• redo structure... seems to not be best practice

• http://www.implicitcad.org/
• https://www.openscad.org/

implicitcad_watcher is released under the MIT License. See the bundled LICENSE file for details.