CadQuery vs OpenSCAD for AI-generated 3D-printable parts: a benchmark

Benchmark: CadQuery vs. OpenSCAD for agentic CAD work

ModelRift ran six AI agents on three printable parts each in CadQuery and OpenSCAD. All six STLs passed. The difference is failure modes: OpenSCAD is faster but can't inspect part edges; CadQuery supports B-rep validity checks but is slower. The hardest task, an M24 threaded adapter, both solved in one shot. OpenSCAD averaged 2,061 seconds vs CadQuery's 2,406. The post doesn't spell out whether agents used identical prompt templates, only that task descriptions were the same.