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Add to SafariWhen comparing OpenSCAD vs SOL75, the Slant community recommends OpenSCAD for most people. In the question“What are the best free parametric 3D designing application, e.g. for 3D printing?” OpenSCAD is ranked 1st while SOL75 is ranked 5th. The most important reason people chose OpenSCAD is:
Because the 3D-objects will be programmed. You define basic geometric objects, scale, rotate or move them, create unions, intersections, hulls, differences, ...
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Pros
Pro Ideal for programmers
Because the 3D-objects will be programmed. You define basic geometric objects, scale, rotate or move them, create unions, intersections, hulls, differences, ...
Pro Text based description
Hence the resulting files can be easily stored/merged in version control systems.
Pro Parametric
Define some variables and use them in the code.
Pro Easy to use
Pro Time saver
Components are reusable, you can customize a model as many times as you want
Pro No need for mechanical expertise
The models you find in the library are functional, they've been created on mechanical expertise, so you don't have to do the engineering part
Pro 3D printer + materials specific
You can customize components on your 3D printer and on the materials you have
Pro Easy to use
No need to learn another CAD
Cons
Con Need to know scripting
Con No measurements from any area
Con SVG exports a single big shape
It should export one shape per object, so it would be re-usable in SVG tools.
