OpenSCAD likewise is a great system for implementing "simple" models.
The issue comes when you want to take something simple and make it more... nuanced. Adding the chamfers, removing cruft from the design... it feels orders of magnitude harder than just using something purely visual.
Re:BRL-CAD
by RobotToaster on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @03:11PM
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>Many (like me) prefer "coding" their designs
Most "design" people don't, unfortunately. For better adoption it will need a modern CAD GUI.
> BRL-CAD has an interactive geometry editor called MGED. It's often the starting point for beginners and allows creation and manipulation of models using commands. When mged is run, it creates 2 windows: a text console for commands and an interactive graphics window. Currently, if you close the graphics window, it quits the application.
You implement your design using BRL-CAD's DSL. It worked very well for a quite simple 3D model I implemented. Many (like me) prefer "coding" their designs instead of using an interactive, mouse-driven GUI.