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As a hobbyist I can't imagine using anything but OpenSCAD. I know it's not comparable in capabilities and has its quirks, but it feels like Python for CAD - I get stuff done quick. It's so simple the cheatsheet covering 100% of commands takes up one page, so I don't need to waste time looking up details. And as it's all code it spares me from clicking through all kinds of menus.

I do miss FreeCAD's chamfer & fillet tools, though.




Where FreeCAD ought to be able to take over is in the things that are a bit more complex that OpenSCAD just doesn't have the tooling for. Multiple-part assemblies is one of them that immediately comes to mind, now that there's some reasonable FreeCAD functionality for it.


Fillets.


>Python for CAD

You might be interested in CadQuery:

https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery


I use both FreeCAD and OpenSCAD. Some things are easier in one, other things are easier in the other.




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