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Re:Code CAD – Use code to create CAD models by dotancohen on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @02:11AM (#28915314) 

  > Howdy! Well we absolutely need more open source CAD tools.
Please, no. We need one (or two for competition) really good open source solid modeling CAD tools with parametric and other interfaces. We do not need a dozen competing tools with varying feature overlap that need to be meticulously vetted before committing to one. Not to mention wasted dev time as each tool implements similar features in different ways, wasting very limited open source dev time.

Often I feel like FreeCAD is "getting there" but it's nowhere near "there" yet.

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Re:Code CAD – Use code to create CAD models by RobKohr on Thursday October 28, 2021 @08:16PM (#29033775)
Nah, keep reinventing the wheel for your own particular tastes and perspective. This is how open source evolves. Lots of little experiments that eventually get rolled together.
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