Torsten Paul

That's the same as #1309? If yes, it's probably caused by the boost issue linked there. Which is still open.

See [FAQ](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/FAQ#Why_is_my_model_showing_up_with_F5_but_not_F6?). Some faces have wrong winding order.

Please check with a snapshot version and enable the `predictible-output` option via Preferences->Features or on command line with `--enable predictible-output`.

The current customizer syntax is meant to be compatible with what [Thingiverse supports](https://customizer.makerbot.com/docs). We should have a native way of specifying additional information at some point. In addition the GUI...

Maybe ``` th_comp = 0; // [0:0.01:0.5] cylinder(r = 10, h = 10 + th_comp); ``` For further discussion, please use the [forum/mailing-list](http://forum.openscad.org/).

@nophead yes, that's from your mailing list post from a while ago (linked above).

@pca006132 The example is from @nophead but it failed on my Linux system with the recent nightly builds for Debian/Testing. Do you think it's related to the `$variable` issue? I...

Extending the language is certainly on the list, this happens all the time. There's quite a number of discussions open in that regard (e.g. #3087, #3115), so I'm not sure...

Agreed, more flexible data types and maybe even the multi-expressions (without let) would likely be much more useful for general OpenSCAD usage than bitwise operations. So basically the range is...

We probably should follow the Thingiverse Customizer here, if that always uses strings here, we should stick to that. I'm pretty sure Thingivers Customer does not even allow quoted strings...