OpenSCAD User Manual/Paths

OpenSCAD looks for and saves resources to various paths. This is an overview. This page describes the patterns used for all systems and all platforms. For the paths used on your particular installation, look at "Library info" on the "Help" menu. Env variables HOME XDG_CONFIG_HOME OPENSCAD_FONT_PATH OPENSCADPATH Per platform roots ResourcesPath UNIX-like: Mac OS X: OpenSCAD.app/Contents/Resources Windows: installation directory, typical default C:\Program Files\OpenSCAD DocumentsPath UNIX-like: $HOME/.local/share Mac OS X: [NSDocumentDirectory], typically $HOME/Documents Windows: [FOLDERID_Documents]\OpenSCAD, often C:\Users\username\Documents\OpenSCAD UserConfigPath UNIX-like: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/OpenSCAD or $HOME/.config/OpenSCAD Mac: [NSApplicationSupportDirectory], typically $HOME/Library/Application Support/OpenSCAD Windows: [FOLDERID_LocalAppData]\OpenSCAD, typically C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\OpenSCAD Note: the UserConfigPath directory is not created by default; if desired, the user must create it. Windows note: FOLDERID_Documents and FOLDERID_LocalAppData were formerly known as CSIDL_PERSONAL and CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA. Read-only Resources libraries: [ResourcesPath]/libraries fonts: [ResourcesPath]/fonts render color schemes: [ResourcesPath]/color-schemes/render editor color schemes: [ResourcesPath]/color-schemes/editor templates: [ResourcesPath]/templates User Resources libraries: $OPENSCADPATH, [DocumentsPath]/OpenSCAD/libraries fonts $HOME/.fonts $HOME/.local/share/fonts render color schemes: [UserConfigPath]/color-schemes/render editor color schemes: [UserConfigPath]/color-schemes/editor templates: [UserConfigPath]/templates Misc Resources GUI preferences (Uses QSettings): UNIX-like: $HOME/.config/OpenSCAD.conf Windows: Registry: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD Mac OS X: $HOME/Library/Preferences/org.openscad.OpenSCAD.plist backups: [DocumentsPath]/OpenSCAD/backups