What if the other “Customize” options don’t give you enough control over your design?
If you were using OpenSCAD to do your keyguard design, you’d put these special instructions into the openings_and_additions.txt file. Unfortunately, Maker World doesn’t allow you to specify a text file to accompany your design.
Instead, you’ll insert your instructions directly into the “Customize” pane of the Maker World app. Each of the four sections of the openings_and_additions.txt file is an individual entry in the app:
What does an instruction look like? Constructing an instruction is described on this page.
Record your instructions in this file in preparation for pasting into the associated “Customizer” text box:
For example, after reading about how to construct an instruction, you add two lines to this file:
The first instruction places a hot dog-shaped cut at the top center of the screen. Note that the designer will assume that your numbers are in pixels unless you tell it otherwise:
The second instruction places a circular cut in the center (horizontally and vertically) of the screen. Note that you can use variables to make your work easier. In this instance, we’ve used sw (screen width) and sh (screen height) to save the work of looking up these values.
Now select and copy both instructions:
Paste the instructions into the “my screen openings” text box:
You’ll see a prompt to click the Generate button to see the changes you’ve made. You can also just press the Enter key on your keyboard:
After a short wait, you’ll see your instructions implemented:
What if you want to make a change to your instructions?
You can change your instructions by directly editing the text in the input box, but we recommend making changes in the document on your computer instead and then repeating the process of copying and pasting. The advantage of this approach is that, once you have the desired results, you can save the text document in the same folder as the other information for your design, and easily recreate the design at a later date.
What if it looks like one of your instructions was ignored?
If it looks like your instruction was completely ignored, you may have an instruction that:
- isn’t properly constructed (a missing comma, misspelled shape names, etc.),
- it has numbers that don’t align with the pixel/millimeter setting, or
- the x or y location you’ve specified is far from the displayed keyguard.
Unfortunately, the Maker World app doesn’t support the keyguard designer in highlighting instructions (using a “#” value in the first position) or providing warnings for poorly structured instructions, as you would receive with OpenSCAD. We suggest that you review the failed instruction closely and consult the webpage dedicated to creating these instructions.