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Comment by matthova | original | OpenSCAD the Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller
[−]matthova · 2026-10-10 Sat 18:16 UTC · link
I love OpenSCAD. Have been a power user for years. It's so great asking LLMs to make 3d models in openscad.

I made a rust-implementation of openscad called openrscad (https://openrscad.com). It still has some rough edges, but runs quite fast both on desktop and in the browser

[−]cm2187 · 2026-10-10 Sat 20:34 UTC · link
Seconded. OpenSCAD is a bit tedious to use from scratch but claude is pretty decent at generating the code. It can't render the script though so it tends to make silly mistakes
[−]cm2187 · 2026-10-10 Sat 23:36 UTC · link
Actually it looks like that changed recently, it seems to be able to render now
[−]don-bright · 2026-10-10 Sat 21:07 UTC · link
Does it have rust versions of the full stack of libraries like Agnis Johnson's Clipper, etc? How compatible is the kernel with CGAL Rational?
[−]seesthruya · 2026-10-11 Sun 08:39 UTC · link
Just curious, what "modern geometry kernel" are you building this on?
[−]seesthruya · 2026-10-11 Sun 08:42 UTC · link
Ahh, looks like 'manifold'. So, still triangles?