22-reactorReboot

Day 22: Reactor Reboot

Today's solution is a little weird...

I solved part one using the easy, store every point method. However, for part two, I didn't want to go to the trouble of writing code to work out the intersections of all the cubes. Instead, I chose to do the following:

• Wrote some Python code (openscad-generate.py) to generate some OpenSCAD code based on the challenge input
  • This made liberal use of nested union(), difference(), translate() and cube() functions
• Ran this code in OpenSCAD and exported the resultant model as an STL
• Imported this STL file into Blender and used the 3D-Print Toolbox addon to calculate the total volume of the object
• Typed this number into the AoC website
• Obtained the 2nd star ★ :D