8/15/2026
Show HN: LuaCAD – Parametric CAD Scripted in Lua
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LuaCAD models solids in Lua rather than the OpenSCAD language, with operator
overloading for CSG (`a + b`, `a - b`, `a * b`).It ships with a CLI and a desktop app, including a preview area and a text editor.I've always been a big fan of OpenSCAD, but the SCAD language itself is unfortunately quite cobbled-together and is a very poorly designed programming language.LuaCAD takes all the good parts of OpenSCAD and combines them with one of the best scripting languages. It has now completely replace
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