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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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[–] rikudou 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Shameless plug: I made an OpenSCAD calendar that uses some clever algorithms to automatically determine the correct day of the week no matter what year you set.

https://chrastecky.dev/post/8 (you can open the post directly on your Lemmy instance, if it doesn't work, you can check out the entire blog category: !3d-printing@chrastecky.dev)

Yes I made a long time ago an openscad project that converted text to braille. Those kinds of things are where it shines.