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openscad is pretty great (sh.itjust.works)
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https://openscad.org/

It's software cad. You write code that makes the 3d model. And then you print the 3d model.

The last "official release" was 2 years ago. But development (and community) is active. You gotta get the nightly builds.

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[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

I still get flashbacks from when I had to use that in school instead of something like fusion 360