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I’ve got a buddy that is also having the same problem. Many parts from free places are shared in those formats. This greatly limits the use of pre-made cad objects from sites like grabcad.com. OpenSCAD is constructive solid geometry. You write a script then render it. That’s good to know I can edit stl’s right in openscad. Most users use conda to get all the dependencies going which is a horrible monstrosity. But wow cadquery looks like quite an improvement. I’d prefer to work in python anyway. If you're looking for an intermediate thing, check out cadquery, which uses the same geometry engine as FreeCAD but has a very OpenSCAD-like feel and language to it. OpenSCAD itself just visualizes these. Allows you to easily set parameters via a GUI. IMO this approach does not work for more complex models, makes small iterations much much slower. The difference between F360 and OpenSCAD is huge, its like comparing Paint to Photoshop. It's an amazingly capable software, and you don't have to fear it will one day be bought by autodesk and ruined. Solidworks parent company just did the same thing with their 2D Autocad alternative DraftSight.