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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] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

OpenSCAD is only lightweight till you start working with Minkowski transformations and hulls. Then you just want a faster CPU.

[–] Croquette 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I never go that far in my projects, when are you using Minkowski transformations?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Two reasons.

  1. In conjunction with hulls to make nice organic shapes. Cubes and Prisms are nice but I like my designs to look organic. Nice round edges make for nicer 3d prints too.
  2. Concave Fillets
[–] Croquette 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah my own creation are usually really blocky because I am lazy and I just need something fonctional haha