I would love to hear about your OpenSCAD experience and what kind of uses cases you think its appropriate for. I've no experience with parametric modeling and the I don't understand the workflow.
Openscad works well if you prefer to model in code. There's no visual interface to tweak at all, just lines of code to get the output you want. It's much easier for parametric modelling since you can simply just define values and insert them into your code and just change those. It also allows for coding different modules so you can call on them in later code. You can also call on different libraries of code people have already written to generate your models. I used the boardgame insert library extensively
I switched to freecad cause I had a hard time modelling non basic shapes ( anything that's not round or hex, or square etc) in openscad. You can do it but the coding was a bit tough for me.
I use OpenSCAD to make simple parts for projects I'm 3D printing (connectors for PVC pipes at nonstandard angles, adapters for hoses, bolts or nuts for things that aren't going to take a lot of thermal abuse) and it does everything I want and nothing I don't.
I would love to hear about your OpenSCAD experience and what kind of uses cases you think its appropriate for. I've no experience with parametric modeling and the I don't understand the workflow.
Openscad works well if you prefer to model in code. There's no visual interface to tweak at all, just lines of code to get the output you want. It's much easier for parametric modelling since you can simply just define values and insert them into your code and just change those. It also allows for coding different modules so you can call on them in later code. You can also call on different libraries of code people have already written to generate your models. I used the boardgame insert library extensively
I switched to freecad cause I had a hard time modelling non basic shapes ( anything that's not round or hex, or square etc) in openscad. You can do it but the coding was a bit tough for me.
I use OpenSCAD to make simple parts for projects I'm 3D printing (connectors for PVC pipes at nonstandard angles, adapters for hoses, bolts or nuts for things that aren't going to take a lot of thermal abuse) and it does everything I want and nothing I don't.