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title: "Benchmark: CadQuery vs. OpenSCAD for agentic CAD work"
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published_at: "2026-09-12T19:57:19.000Z"
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summary: "We gave six AI agents the same three printable parts to model, three in CadQuery and three in OpenSCAD, then verified every mesh independently. Both toolchains shipped. The difference is in how they fail."
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# Benchmark: CadQuery vs\. OpenSCAD for agentic CAD work

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**Published:** 2026-09-12T19:57:19.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** agent, benchmark, coding, cad

## Summary

We gave six AI agents the same three printable parts to model, three in CadQuery and three in OpenSCAD, then verified every mesh independently\. Both toolchains shipped\. The difference is in how they fail\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://modelrift.com/blog/cadquery-vs-openscad/>)
- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676577>)