i did ton of projects in open scad in the past (8+yrs ago), even having access to freecad and solidworks. I was even sending patches to some 2d features on freecad.
but what made me use scad was reliability. i knew the time i put writting in vim would translate (heh) into a viable stl file i could send to manufacturing. while with both other options half the time was dealing with bugs and crashes and bad exports.
but how did i miss some convenience tools indeed. most could be solved with opensource methods (e.g. bevel, joiners with easing, threads)
[−]loloquwowndueo · 2026-10-10 Sat 22:50 UTC ·
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Dude freecad 8y ago was indeed crashy and buggy but it’s far better these days.
but what made me use scad was reliability. i knew the time i put writting in vim would translate (heh) into a viable stl file i could send to manufacturing. while with both other options half the time was dealing with bugs and crashes and bad exports.
but how did i miss some convenience tools indeed. most could be solved with opensource methods (e.g. bevel, joiners with easing, threads)