OpenSCAD Barcode Generator - useful for direct part marking on 3D models
https://github.com/X-Illuminati/glyphinator/
Supports UPC-A, DataMatrix (ECC200), and quick response 2D barcodes.
Include upc.scad in your model with the use command. See the documentation in upc.scad for more details.
use <barcodes/upc.scad>
UPC_A("01234554321");
Include datamatrix.scad in your model with the use command. See the documentation in datamatrix.scad for more details.
use <barcodes/datamatrix.scad>
data_matrix(dm_ascii("1234"));
Include quick_response.scad in your model with the use command. See the documentation in quick_response.scad for more details.
use <barcodes/quick_response.scad>
quick_response(qr_numeric([0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]));
OpenSCAD can generate 2D vector graphics with a few caveats.
To generate any of the barcodes using 2D vector geometry rather than 3D solid
geometry, simply add vector_mode=true to the barcode module parameters.
Glyphinator is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Glyphinator is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with Glyphinator. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
- Ensure that end-users who receive this software as part of a combined work can replace it with modified versions.
- Ensure that combined works do not impose additional patent restrictions on end-users.
- Disclaim any warranty as to the fitness of the program; especially since it is still a work-in-progress.
The copyright license applies only to the OpenSCAD libraries and other programs provided in this repository. The output of these programs is explicitly not covered by the terms of the license. My expectation is that the generated 3D models are not subject to the terms of copyright law and you may use these freely as far as I am concerned.
The terms of the GPL mainly concern themselves with software patents. Unfortunately, most patent encumberances would likely be applied to the resulting barcode object rather than the software that generates it. I recommend consulting with a patent attorney before using any barcode symbology if patent issues are a particular concern for you.
It is expected that most combined works will be in the form of an OpenSCAD program that makes use of these libraries by way of the OpenSCAD "use" or "include" statements. This will be sufficient to meet the terms of LGPLv3 section 4d1 as OpenSCAD will load the library at run time and will operate properly with a version modified by an end-user.
It is conceivable that a combined work would use some other mechanism to make use of these libraries. In this case, it may be necessary to provide instructions to the end-user under the terms of LGPLv3 section 4d0 so that they can replace these libraries with a modified version.
I don't believe that my goals or the LGPLv3 are overly onerous for use in any reasonable combined work. (A reasonable combined work is one that is not attempting to subvert my license goals stated above.) Please contact me (Chris Baker, X-Illuminati@github) if you believe the LGPLv3 license prevents you from creating a reasonable combined work with these libraries.