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CadQuery can export STEP files, and is overall much nicer to use in my opinion.


Openscad can export to CSG, which can be imported by free cad or converted to STEP https://github.com/gega/csg2stp


Whether or no that will be useful/editable will be determined by what sort of objects and modeling approaches were used --- it's pretty easy to make a file which results in a nightmarish triangle mesh representation which is a nightmare to edit.


I've been using Gemini to generate openscad programs for use with my 3d printer. Is cadquery a better option I wonder?

Why do you say it is better than openscad?


After reading some of the docs it does look fun.

Python, so leverage your Python skills and existing libraries.

A nice GUI so you can build, view, tweak, review, iterate.

Will be a nice new toy...




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