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openscad

OpenSCAD - The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller

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What it is

OpenSCAD - The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

I poked around with CadQuery and Build123D. The learning curve required a paradigm shifted in abstraction. That was too much. I just want OpenSCAD simplicity, but with modern…

wiw2 used a recommendation phrase. One indexed comment matches. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 1:49:46 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by 3-hour interval2 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2024-09-12 12:39:06 UTC to 2024-09-15 00:13:41 UTC.

012024-09-12 12:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-12 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsSep 12, 12:002024-09-12 15:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-12 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-12 18:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-12 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-12 21:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-13 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-13 03:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-13 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-13 06:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-13 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-13 09:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-13 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-13 12:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-13 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-13 15:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-13 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-13 18:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-13 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsSep 13, 18:002024-09-13 21:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-14 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-14 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-14 03:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-14 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-14 06:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-14 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-14 09:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-14 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-14 12:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-14 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-14 15:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-14 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-14 18:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-14 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-14 21:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-09-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-09-15 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsSep 15, 00:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Sep 12, 12:002024-09-12 12:00:00 UTC2024-09-12 15:00:00 UTC101
Sep 12, 15:002024-09-12 15:00:00 UTC2024-09-12 18:00:00 UTC000
Sep 12, 18:002024-09-12 18:00:00 UTC2024-09-12 21:00:00 UTC000
Sep 12, 21:002024-09-12 21:00:00 UTC2024-09-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 13, 00:002024-09-13 00:00:00 UTC2024-09-13 03:00:00 UTC000
Sep 13, 03:002024-09-13 03:00:00 UTC2024-09-13 06:00:00 UTC000
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Sep 13, 15:002024-09-13 15:00:00 UTC2024-09-13 18:00:00 UTC000
Sep 13, 18:002024-09-13 18:00:00 UTC2024-09-13 21:00:00 UTC000
Sep 13, 21:002024-09-13 21:00:00 UTC2024-09-14 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 14, 00:002024-09-14 00:00:00 UTC2024-09-14 03:00:00 UTC000
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Sep 14, 06:002024-09-14 06:00:00 UTC2024-09-14 09:00:00 UTC000
Sep 14, 09:002024-09-14 09:00:00 UTC2024-09-14 12:00:00 UTC000
Sep 14, 12:002024-09-14 12:00:00 UTC2024-09-14 15:00:00 UTC000
Sep 14, 15:002024-09-14 15:00:00 UTC2024-09-14 18:00:00 UTC000
Sep 14, 18:002024-09-14 18:00:00 UTC2024-09-14 21:00:00 UTC000
Sep 14, 21:002024-09-14 21:00:00 UTC2024-09-15 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 15, 00:002024-09-15 00:00:00 UTC2024-09-15 03:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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wiw2·Sep 15, 2024Recommendation phrase
I poked around with CadQuery and Build123D. The learning curve required a paradigm shifted in abstraction. That was too much. I just want OpenSCAD simplicity, but with modern programming language syntax. I ended up settling with PythonScad. I was able to hit the ground running and leverage what I already know about python within a day. It's new, but the author is extremely active and collaborative on github (https://github.com/gsohler/openscad) and reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/pythonscad/). The author actually pushed for merging this into OpenSCAD mainline, but got gatekeeped out since OpenSCAD maintainers believed Python went against OpenSCAD's mantra of being 'secure'. I recommend PythonSCAD to anyone that liked OpenSCAD simplicity in abstraction but feel handicapped by the lack of expressiveness.
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