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openscad is pretty great (self.3dprinting)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by rainrain to c/[email protected]
 

https://openscad.org/

It's software cad. You write code that makes the 3d model. And then you print the 3d model.

The last "official release" was 2 years ago. But development (and community) is active. You gotta get the nightly builds.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Tbf, comparing blender and openscad is more like comparing a hammer with a knife.

FreeCAD would be the more obvious comparison here - and while Openscad has some benefits for more complicated projects it is less than optimal - and sadly FreeCAD still sucks compared to most commercial products,even though it has improved recently due to the ONSEL influence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I never heard of opencad before today so its interesting to here something new to me. 3 min tutorials makes it Seems like requires some "coding" which seems like a much higher barrier of entry. I'm curious how you would get complex details in it. My models have Ornate details after the base shape. I have all kinds of blender tricks to make it happen.