From 1eafbcd49025fd2cb1a340d60bbe695e34ea3548 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Hoogen <github@sebastianhoogen.de>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 07:15:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] OpenSCAD encode text as utf8

---
 src/Mod/OpenSCAD/OpenSCADCommands.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/OpenSCADCommands.py b/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/OpenSCADCommands.py
index 778e310a72..5b8edd434d 100644
--- a/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/OpenSCADCommands.py
+++ b/src/Mod/OpenSCAD/OpenSCADCommands.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class AddSCADTask:
         return True
 
     def addelement(self):
-        scadstr=unicode(self.form.textEdit.toPlainText())
+        scadstr=unicode(self.form.textEdit.toPlainText()).encode('utf8')
         asmesh=self.form.checkboxmesh.checkState()
         import OpenSCADUtils, os
         extension= 'stl' if asmesh else 'csg'