@freemo
I voted OpenSCAD, but I gotta be honest, it's the only one that I'm actually comfortable with. I didn't give the others much of a chance.
@swiley

**🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱** @freemo@qoto.org · 2021-10-21T17:03:31Z

🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@herag

Considering it requires you to know a DSL and therefore one of the most complicated on the list, the fact that it was the only one you got comfortable with says something in its own right.

@swiley

Oct 21, 2021, 17:03 · · · ·

**swiley** @swiley@qoto.org · Oct 21, 2021, 17:04

**swiley** @swiley@qoto.org · Oct 21, 2021, 17:04

Oct 21, 2021, 17:04

swiley @swiley@qoto.org

@freemo @herag IMO: Learning a DSL is much easier than learning a new GUI and building an intuition for manipulating 3d objects with a 2d display and pointing device.

**🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱** @freemo@qoto.org · Oct 21, 2021, 17:08

**🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱** @freemo@qoto.org · Oct 21, 2021, 17:08

Oct 21, 2021, 17:08

🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

@swiley

for some people, myself included, this is true. Not sure how true it is in general.

Also with cad being a fundementally 3d visualization sort of domain I feel like its less beholden to that then other creation tools might be (like software development)

@herag

**herag** @herag@dobbs.town · Oct 21, 2021, 17:13

**herag** @herag@dobbs.town · Oct 21, 2021, 17:13

Oct 21, 2021, 17:13

herag @herag@dobbs.town

@freemo
I know there are other things you can do with it, hut I learned it for creating 3D Printer files. I got used to it and honestly the DSL part was (don't shoot me) kind of fun. Frustrating, but fun.

I have tried to learn how to use things like Blender for the same purpose while I was still learning OpenSCAD and hating myself... but I find Blender to be waaaay more annoying. The UI breaks my brain and isn't as exact.
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