Thanks to @raster, I’m going to do a side-by-side taste test of several different flavors of OpenSCAD.1 To give each one a similar test, I’m trying out my D-Pad design from … uh, earlier this morning.2

Obviously, the good folks working on OpenSCAD have dramatically improved preview/render times over the last four years.  The speed boost in using a later snapshot is pretty significant if you’re doing any kind of complex designs.  They must be using some kind of cache system to make the render times so fast.

The speed differential between 2024.01.13 and the latest snapshot is so slight, I’m not going to switch things up unless I bump into a design that struggles with rendering some complex feature.

1. OpenSCAD 3D Printed Spring
2. OpenSCADClub Week 2: Directional Pad
3. OpenSCAD Render Times
4. One Simple Trick Can Save You 30 Minutes…

1. *I’m not avoiding work!* YOU’RE avoiding work! [↩]
2. Like, way earlier…  midnight or so… [↩]