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Is there a live demo anywhere? Is it possible to deploy a demo locally to try it out?

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What if I tend to import STLs from thing verse and modify them?

IIRC STLs are triangular meshes. Would bRep programs like build123d able to "convert" them to "true geometric objects"?

I would presume the answer is no.

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Looking back at your build123d code, it looks like the biggest differentiator compare to OpenSCAD and CadQuery is the expressiveness to assign shapes to variables, right?

I was able to check that box with PythonSCAD thus far, so that's "solved" for me.

Otherwise, I see a lot of vector/coordinate manipulation that isn't too different from OpenSCAD/PythonSCAD.

However, I can see there's some additional abstraction primitives with arc and tangents that looks nice. That doesn't quite exist in any OpenSCAD based or similar engine since there's no built-in way to get info out of the shapes in a reflection-like way.

Maybe I will give Build123d another go and see if I can sustain some sort of momentum.

wiw2

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This was my impression with build123d and Cadquery.

On paper they have a better abstraction than OpenScad. Yet, the code to express the same output is more bloated.

I was never able to get over the yak shaving learning curve to be proficient. Openscad mental model is a lot simpler to sustain momentum to go build something.

How did you get around to prefer Cadquery/build123d?

wiw2

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Thank you! I have seen your posts in the PythonSCAD subreddit. They have been very helpful!

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Thankfully I have been able to do what I want to do without learning the complexity that comes with Build123d etc.

Perhaps someday, but I havent had the need to get there thus far.

Also: Encapsulation etc was achievable with Python, which is something I already know. PythonSCAD checked all the boxes for me without the learning curve.

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I poked around with CadQuery and Build123D.

The learning curve required a paradigm shifted in abstraction. That was too much.

I just want OpenSCAD simplicity, but with modern programming language syntax.

I ended up settling with PythonScad. I was able to hit the ground running and leverage what I already know about python within a day.

It's new, but the author is extremely active and collaborative on github (https://github.com/gsohler/openscad) and reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/pythonscad/). The author actually pushed for merging this into OpenSCAD mainline, but got gatekeeped out since OpenSCAD maintainers believed Python went against OpenSCAD's mantra of being 'secure'.

I recommend PythonSCAD to anyone that liked OpenSCAD simplicity in abstraction but feel handicapped by the lack of expressiveness.

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