There is lots of discussion here about OpenSCAD vs the OpenCascade family. I recently modeled a simple plaque with cadquery and was surprised how long the rendering took. A full 30+ seconds for a lathed part with text extrusion and a radial pattern of cutouts.
For me, modeling is just as much about figuring out the shape and features of an object as it is producing a STEP. I would love to model an object in a GUI then re-edit the file with code and re-render with a library, not the least reason being that GUI tools render multiple orders of magnitude faster.
For me, modeling is just as much about figuring out the shape and features of an object as it is producing a STEP. I would love to model an object in a GUI then re-edit the file with code and re-render with a library, not the least reason being that GUI tools render multiple orders of magnitude faster.