Re:OpenSCAD: Software for creating solid 3D CAD objects
by tsmarsh on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @11:09AM
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Lock in AND provide a low friction way to generate models.
As a developer the learning curve and life cycle of OpenSCAD sang to me and I picked it up very quickly. I have still modeled more things with OpenSCAD than I have with Fusion.
But...
Fusion is the better tool in a lot of places. Meshes being the most obvious, then CAM.
I still find Fusion weird to work with. Not only did I have to spend hours learning the basics (as opposed to minutes with OpenSCAD and Sketch-up) it falls out of my head faster than Ruby AND I found the only way to be really productive with it was to invest in a 3D mouse (which is a lot of fun).
As a developer the learning curve and life cycle of OpenSCAD sang to me and I picked it up very quickly. I have still modeled more things with OpenSCAD than I have with Fusion.
But...
Fusion is the better tool in a lot of places. Meshes being the most obvious, then CAM.
I still find Fusion weird to work with. Not only did I have to spend hours learning the basics (as opposed to minutes with OpenSCAD and Sketch-up) it falls out of my head faster than Ruby AND I found the only way to be really productive with it was to invest in a 3D mouse (which is a lot of fun).