ocp-freecad-cam VS build123d

I have used build123d to make a few parts recently, and it's a joy to use once you get the hang of it: https://github.com/gumyr/build123d https://github.com/gumyr/bd_warehouse

I haven't tried Zoo (really, unique naming isn't THAT hard...), and afict I can't see the code so I prob never will, but I got perfect results with build123d recently. Admittedly it's python to cad, not AI text to cad, but it was a joy to use after getting over the initial learning curve. The users and devs hang out on the slack chan and are very helpful.

https://github.com/gumyr/build123d

Yes, absolutely.

It was where GIMP still is now, for artists.

It's definitely been idiosyncratic (if not solipsistic). And it still [0] has a core flaw that is being mitigated.

OpenSCAD is actually very limited in ways that don't become obvious until you get into a bRep CAD system at least. But it's how I also got into CAD.

If you like it, you might find Build123D [1] interesting: this is a Python (and very pythonic) environment built around the same kernel as FreeCAD.

I wanted to know there was at least something I'd be able to use for my own ideas, and the fact that OpenSCAD exists is definitely a blessing.

But I got from OpenSCAD to FreeCAD and I am very glad of it; it's an amazingly capable bit of software once you get past the pain (in the same way Blender is, I gather).

GIMP is not an amazingly capable bit of software for designers. It's broken and hobbled.

[0] the topological naming problem: being corrected in the core distribution at the moment as they head to 1.0

[1] https://github.com/gumyr/build123d

https://github.com/gumyr/build123d/blob/dev/examples/heat_ex...

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