From bcf2adcaa2d0bac13e5345bcb77f8ceded0c3015 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Brian S. Stephan" Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:11:34 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] add a short FAQ to answer a question on IRC and maybe more questions in the future Signed-off-by: Brian S. Stephan --- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 60cfe4a..09a4cc6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -135,6 +135,16 @@ Board, ~$60 for Sanwa buttons and a lever, and ~$20 for miscellaneous connectors full-featured controller with an open source foundation together for around $140. Reducing wall and infill settings will probably save you around $5 of material, and you can probably decide what you want to do from there. +## FAQ + +### I get a bunch of warnings on not being able to include files when I open them in OpenSCAD, what do I do? + +OpenSCAD pathing is relative to the current working directory by default, which is probably not the `src/` directory. +When you start OpenSCAD, you must either start it from inside the project's `src/` directory, or point it at the path to +the source files via e.g. `OPENSCADPATH=path/to/buildable-stick-system/src/` openscad`. + +See https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/OpenSCAD_User_Manual/Include_Statement. + ## Miscellany See the `/docs/` directory for more thoughts too scattered for this document.