Overview
========

In OpenVCAD, a **compiler** is a class you run on a prepared implicit ``Node``
tree that **turns the design into a concrete artifact**—files or data meant for
another program, not another implicit model. The implicit field and attributes
stay on the core side; the compiler samples what it needs and writes the output
format.

Typical roles include:

- **3D printing** – e.g. voxel image stacks for inkjet-style material or color
  workflows, or a slicer-oriented project built from scalar fields and regions.
- **Downstream tools** – any path that must **translate** the OpenVCAD design
  into a format a printer, slicer, or **simulation** toolchain expects.

The bundled compiler classes are documented under :doc:`compilers`; shared
helpers live under :doc:`utilities`.

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