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The problem with anything other that OpenSCAD is it's somewhat nonstandard and often has sandboxing issues.

It's like the BASH of 3D, if I'm doing anything with code CAD, it's probably trivial enough that just using what everyone else uses makes sense, even if almost any other alternative is much nicer.




I agree that it's more difficult to manage Build123D or CadQuery due to their status as Python packages with heavier dependencies. (Less of a problem with Replicad, which is a client-side JS package)

This is a little bit of why I jumped to FreeCAD from OpenSCAD -- the existence of prebuilt distributions of FreeCAD, and the realisation that I'd always be able to script FreeCAD if I needed it.

Though I think Build123D has the beginnings of momentum (I also think it's not hard to see why):

https://github.com/phillipthelen/awesome-build123d

But OpenSCAD is a terrible, obstinate "standard" choice; I wish it were not seen that way, don't you? Because it's holding everyone back.

(This does make me realise that maybe working on an Electron-based Replicad desktop app would be a good use of my time.)


Yeah, it's not a great standard choice, pretty much any alternative is going to be nicer.

But the difference is relatively small, because I'd rather be using GUIs for anything nontrivial.




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