ah: i hadn't spotted this: it would appear that a legitimate scad file is considered to be a syntax error by freecad's parser.
Parser Loaded Start Parser Vector Vector Vector Vector Vector Matrix Syntax error in input! LexToken(SEMICOL,';',23,603) Vector Vector Vector Vector Matrix ('$fn', '100') ('$fa', '12') ('$fs', '2') ('h', '19') ('r1', '2.5') ('r2', '2.5') ('center', 'true') Cylinder {'r1': '2.5', 'r2': '2.5', 'h': '19', '$fs': '2', '$fn': '100', '$fa': '12', 'center': 'true'} Make Cylinder Center = true End Cylinder Block List [<Part::PartFeature>] End Block List MultMatrix Multmatrix [['1', '0', '0', '2.5'], ['0', '1', '0', '2.5'], ['0', '0', '1', '9.5'], ['0', '0', '0', '1']] Matrix ((1,0,0,2.5),(0,1,0,2.5),(0,0,1,9.5),(0,0,0,1)) Apply Multmatrix special orthogonal rotation rounded Multmatrix applied Block List [<Part::PartFeature>] End Block List Syntax error in input! LexToken(EBRACE,'}',27,855) Vector Vector Vector Vector -- debian-science-maintainers mailing list debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/debian-science-maintainers