It presents as #OpenSCAD which I love, only you write #Python instead of that C-ish stuff it uses, and if I read correctly it's got a better underlying render engine. Only heard about it because someone did a #Gridfinity reimplementation with it, and all things being equal I would definitely rather use that than devil-begotten, temple-beridden, snot-encrusted #Autodesk products.
@mcdanlj@jpaskaruk Yes, it's got a fairly terrible dependency stack that makes it very hard to compile from scratch if you're not on the developer's exact computer. But I also use an esoteric OS, which is why I was even trying to compile it. I have no experience using the thing once built :(
I dunno, I read when I first got into that it uses a "C-like" structure, but I am only an Arduino-level C programmer; anyone treating my toots as anything but opinion, hearsay, lies or slander is being quite foolish.
Main thing here was not to dissect syntactic details of the one I'm considering moving on from, moreso to get some real-world reports on the other one.
@jpaskaruk well, I have this theory about OpenSCAD: the materials to learn the language are… not great, so many folks don’t learn the language properly, get frustrated and move on.
I ran a workshop on OpenSCAD this last weekend and there were many attendees that had used it for years and had some definite holes in understanding some fundamentals.
I have a tendency to stay with a tool once I've learned it, so there's no guarantee that Python alone is gonna pull me out of there. I still reach for Bash when I'm scripting a system.
But, I will say, OpenSCAD's render engine has failed me more than once when I was importing and modifying a complex STL. Had to use Blender sometimes.
@jpaskaruk@linux_mclinuxface If you haven't yet tried the development versions of OpenSCAD with the Manifold engine enabled, I recommend that you run, don't walk, download it and enable Manifold. It's fast, and does not create degenerate surfaces. (I mean, modulo bugs, but those haven't been common, especially compared to what you are used to, I believe...)
I will do exactly that, cheers! Like I said above, if I have an option to solve my one real problem (buggy renders sometimes) while remaining mostly mentally inert, I'll stick with what I know every time. :>
edit: I always forget that with Free software there is usually a dev branch that's full of goodies, thanks again for the reminder.
@jpaskaruk@mcdanlj do be aware that existing models from the latest stable don’t always render exactly the same under manifold. I’ve noticed a few small differences and the occasion model that previously did render that no longer does on the dev branch.
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