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I used FreeCAD 3 years ago and found it functional but particularly unstable. I had to 3d print something recently and was very happy with OpenSCAD. Not only i
by cm2187 6y ago
I used FreeCAD 3 years ago and found it functional but particularly unstable.
I had to 3d print something recently and was very happy with OpenSCAD. Not only it is scriptable, but it is script first (and only), with a very simple syntax. For people who write code already, it's a much more natural approach in my opinion. You can create functions, loops, parametrise, comment out part of the code, etc.
- bambax 6y agoI started with OpenSCAD and loved it at first. But there are many things you can't do in OpenSCAD. Fillets and chamfers are impossible. But the big problem is export options: you can't export to STEP or really to any format that a manufacturer will accept. So you need to import to some other program and export from there. That's how I got into FreeCAD. But once you're in FreeCAD you realize you can do everything there.
- cm2187 6y agoI use shapeways and they seem to be happy with stl files, which I thought was the standard.
- imtringued 6y agoSTL files are the "standard" in 3d printing but everyone else uses step files. EDA packages like HorizonEDA only accept step files as 3d model for electronics components and every single manufacturer that offers a 3d model so far has always used step. Most CNC manufacturers want you to upload step files.
- cozzyd 6y agoAnd FreeCad has a OpenSCAD workbench too...
- kelvie 6y agoI've been using BOSL2: https://github.com/revarbat/BOSL2 https://github.com/revarbat/BOSL2 There's a whole fillet / chamfer library using masks and such, but I've found that you can go a looong way with just basic shapes that start out chamfered/filleted, and unioning and differencing them.