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twelvechairstoday at 3:32 AM2 repliesview on HN

OpenSCAD uses CSG which is generally better. Easy to convert CSG to BREP. Cant generally do the opposite


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auxiliarymoosetoday at 4:08 AM

It's easy to convert because CSG is a small subset of what BREP can do.

It's analogous to "all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares" (squares=CSG, rectangles=BREP)

CSG by itself isn't suitable for most CAD use-cases.

rowanG077today at 4:15 AM

How can I convert openSCAD models to true STEP files? As in no meshes. I Literally have wanted that for years.

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