Imported geometry

Many designs start outside OpenVCAD: a parametric CAD model, a colored scan, or a lattice from another tool. These guides bring that geometry in as ordinary nodes, so you can grade it, combine it, and compile it like anything else.

Guide	Focus
Authoring CAD with CadQuery	Define part boundaries with CadQuery, or import STEP and IGES files, then add attributes
Importing textured solids	Import colored 3MF and OBJ models as solids with a COLOR_RGBA field
Importing 3MF beam lattices	Rebuild lattices from the 3MF Beam Lattice Extension as implicit geometry
Selecting triangle-mesh patches	Select part of a mesh for conformal lattices, surface relief, or measurement

Each guide assumes you have completed Getting Started and Functional grading.

Imported geometry guides

• Authoring CAD with CadQuery
• Importing textured solids
• Importing 3MF beam lattices
• Select triangle-mesh patches