Each mechanical component of the variable #capacitor was modeled with #OpenSCAD.
Which I used to generate meshes for electrostatic modeling w/ #ElmerFEM.

scriptable w/🐍 openscad: csg -> freecad: stl -> ElmerGUI: mesh

I created an assembly in OpenSCAD but my progress was slow (NopSCADlib helped though).

Which OpenSCAD design patterns exist for sensible parameterization of component mating?

In the end, I relented and used FreeCAD V1.0's assembly workbench for mating components.

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