OpenSCAD Elephant's Foot Eliminator

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This example shows how an OpenSCAD module can be used to eliminate the Elephant's Foot effect when designing and printing a 3D object. The module, which you can copy and paste into your own OpenSCAD scripts, inlays one or more initial layers so they do not project beyond the object outline. You can either print the test STL module here or experiment with the customizer, trying various settings, or simply download the .scad file and insert the inset module into your own OpenSCAD script. Note that OpenSCAD also allows importing STL models. If you have a non-OpenSCAD STL module, you can import it into OpenSCAD, use translate([...]) if necessary to position it on the z=0 plane, and then apply the inset_bottom() module to inlay its first layer(s). // Usage inset_bottom(w=0.5, h=0.4) { test_ring(); }