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Another option for programmatic parametric CAD is cadquery: https://dcowden.github.io/cadquery/index.html

A cadquery FreeCAD plug-in exists, so some tasks can be done via the GUI and others programmatically.

CadQuery is awesome. OpenScad’s language is quite limited: being able to use any Python you want makes CadQuery so much more powerful. Plus CadQuery can generate STEP files so you’re not limited to hobby 3D printers: you can send your project out to a CNC shop. I designed and manufactured a keyboard using CadQuery and would highly recommend it.

CadQuery looks very interesting, but it worries me that it's not compatible with Python 3. Is someone working on that?

Edit: Never mind, yes there is a plan for Python 3. https://github.com/dcowden/cadquery/issues/203

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