Thanks for the pointer to Build123D -- I really like the idea of building 3D models as code, so this might be a great alternative. My use case back then was wo

Thanks for the pointer to Build123D -- I really like the idea of building 3D models as code, so this might be a great alternative. My use case back then was working on prototypes for plastic products we'd eventually be injection molding. I found OpenSCAD to be an extremely effective tool for quickly iterating on designs. I'd tweak some parameters or code, 3D print a batch of samples, hand them out to testers for feedback, rinse and repeat. Then, once the design was production ready, we'd hand off the final protos to the engineers who would design the injection molds. I'm sure they were using Solidworks or the like. OpenSCAD added a lot of value in the early design phase of these projects, but wasn't involved past prototyping, so I suppose we never encountered its limits.