I 100 percent agree that if you can use open source, then do it.

I haven’t tried openscad but I’m willing to try it. I did start learning 3d CAD on FreeCAD and I had a bad time.

Actually when I first saw this post I thought openscad was the program I had previously used but after double checking, I realized I was mixed up.

Hey I love blender and it’s Open source and it’s always evolving and improving.

I use other open source like audacity and shotcut.

But sometimes there isn’t anything better than a proprietary software. Ive never found a comparable replacement for Photoshop, Camera raw, or illustrator. I also like paint tool sai. It’s not free exactly but it is a one time small fee. Small company owns it.

So Ill just keep using my pirated versions of those Adobe programs.

But I’m always open to finding alternatives.