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Positioning objects

To move an object, you can simply use the translate() method:

from openscad import *

# Create two cubes
c1 = cube([5,5,5])
c2 = cube([3,3,10])

# Translate the cube by 7 units up
c2 = c2.translate([0,0,7])

# Display the result
result = c1 | c2
output(result)

// Create the first cube
cube([5,5,5]);

// Create the second cube, and apply
// a translation of 7 units up
translate([0,0,7])
cube([3,3,10]);

Notice how we assign the result of the translate() method back into c2.
This is because just like the union() and difference() methods we saw earlier, this method return a brand new object.

Another option to position an object is to rotate it. You can do that with the 'rotate()' method.

from openscad import *

# Create a cube
c = cube([5,5,5])

rotated=c.rotate([10,0,-30])
# rotate 10 degrees around X axis, not in Y and -30 around Z axis finally

output(rotated)

// rotate 10 degrees around X axis, not in Y and -30 around Z axis finally
rotate([10,0,-30])
    cube([5,5,5]);

One advantage of python language over the OpenSCAD is that you specify the build processes in several tiny steps without having to use hierarchy

Lets now spot the tiny differences between openSCAD and python here.