Is there a programmer here who could make a minor change in OpenSCAD?

Thanks! I really want this in the available builds and agree the politics of it are the problem.

Turns out that the code is pretty much already in place, see:

All that is necessary would be:

  • a preference for writing out the file

  • a way to run OpenSCAD with the equivalent of the command-line option:

    -o file.echo

which only captures the echoes — ideally after stripping out the extraneous text, if not, a way to run sed or some other suitable tool.

  • a preference (or command) in the language for specifying the file extension

I’m hoping that not asking for a new menu command, and burying this in the preferences will make this palatable.