I am a retired Software Engineer. Just over a year ago, I purchased my first 3D printer. A friend suggested that I look at OpenSCAD… I dove in like a kid into a swimming pool! It was so much fun! I developed my own system of creating assemblies just to learn more about OpenSCAD. However, over the past few months, as a user/hobbyist, I started (erroneously) to think that OpenSCAD was stagnating and that there was little development going on. I thought I’d see what development was going on by “watching” the OpenSCAD github. Boy, was I wrong! There is a ton of development going on behind the scenes that us mere users do not see, by a small but very energetic team. I thank the OpenSCAD developers for their continued dedication to improving this wonderful software. I could never do this type of development (C/C++ and I separated years ago due to irreconcilable differences). OpenSCAD allows this old guy to fulfill a lifetime dream: to be a creative/maker. What you are doing DOES make a difference!

Thank you Leonard, I agree with your sentiment. I have a similar admiration for the OpenSCAD developers. I only use the program to develop simple objects ( my parents are Bob and Gwenda, and my children are Nicholas, Adrienne and Jordan, apart from that....). But my pleasure from being able to design basic utilitarian objects and successfully print them is almost totally due to OpenSCAD. While the measurement, and lack of true variables, discussions rise and fall, I just keep on using the basics and having fun. Thanks folks, RobW On 5/2/22 15:17, Leonard Martin Struttmann wrote: > > I am a retired Software Engineer.  Just over a year ago, I purchased > my first 3D printer. A friend suggested that I look at OpenSCAD… I > dove in like a kid into a swimming pool! It was so much fun! I > developed my own system of creating assemblies just to learn more > about OpenSCAD. > > > However, over the past few months, as a user/hobbyist, I started > (erroneously) to think that OpenSCAD was stagnating and that there was > little development going on.   I thought I’d see what development was > going on by “watching” the OpenSCAD github. > > > Boy, was I wrong!  There is a ton of development going on behind the > scenes that us mere users do not see, by a small but very energetic > team. I thank the OpenSCAD developers for their continued dedication > to improving this wonderful software. I could never do this type of > development (C/C++ and I separated years ago due to irreconcilable > differences). > > > OpenSCAD allows this old guy to fulfill a lifetime dream: to be a > creative/maker. What you are doing DOES make a difference! > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email todiscuss-leave@lists.openscad.org -- *Rob Ward* Lake Tyers Beach, 3909 Lake Tyers Beach Website <http://www.laketyersbeach.net.au> Ubuntu Mate - A great OS <https://ubuntu-mate.org/>