Gardening With…OpenSCAD?
Mihai Oltean utilized OpenSCAD to design a vertical vegetable garden, marking the first known instance of using the software for this specific purpose. Instead of generating files for 3D printing, he used the code-centric workflow to plan the assembly of physical components like metal extrusions and fasteners. This project demonstrates the versatility of virtual prototyping in non-electronic applications, allowing for precise planning before physical construction.
- ▪Mihai Oltean wrote code in OpenSCAD to generate a 3D model of a vertical garden for growing peppers.
- ▪The project is noted as the first known use of OpenSCAD for planning a physical garden structure rather than for 3D printing or CNC operations.
- ▪Oltean implemented his own versions of virtual components such as screws, nuts, and metal extrusions within the model.
- ▪The approach highlights the benefit of virtually building complex multi-part projects before executing physical fabrication steps.
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Gardening With…OpenSCAD? No comments by: Tom Nardi October 1, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Unless it’s automated or using some other form of high-tech trickery, a vegetable garden isn’t exactly the sort of thing you’d expect to see on Hackaday. Be that as it may, the bountiful crop of peppers [Mihai Oltean] grew on the side of his house was done the old fashioned way, with nary a transistor in sight. So what’s the catch? Well, in this case, it’s more about the journey than the end result. The produce sprouting in [Mihai]’s garden may be common enough, but the method in which he designed the garden itself is worth a closer look. To our knowledge, it’s the first time somebody sat down and wrote out all the code to generate a 3D model of a vertical garden in OpenSCAD.
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