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And threadlib.


> > Uh no, you need BOSL2[0]

> And threadlib[1]

And dotSCAD[2]

So, OpenSCAD user needs to install a lot of extra libs[3] to be productive;)

[0] https://github.com/revarbat/BOSL2

[1] https://github.com/adrianschlatter/threadlib

[2] https://github.com/JustinSDK/dotSCAD

[3] https://openscad.org/libraries.html


Definitely, but I also consider that a good thing. What I really never liked about most tools for creating media is they try and do way too much. My mindset is close to that of UNIX philosophy, thus I like that out of all the 3D/CAD tools I've used, OpenSCAD pretty much does one thing out of the box... and does it adequately. I like that it doesn't pretend it can do everything I want, but when there's something I need it to do, like add threads or screws to a project, there's probably a library for that because OpenSCAD is already code-oriented rather than the code coming second.

dotSCAD looks dope! I hadn't heard of it, but now I know what I'll be playing with next time I spin up my 3D printer.




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