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It isnt because it doesn't work. The CSG algorithms they use are broken.



In what way?


Run this in both implicitcad and openscad

https://github.com/Haskell-Things/ImplicitCAD/blob/master/Ex...

Try and form a clean ring by subtracting a cylinder from it, you have to dial the resolution so high that it takes minutes to get a result that approximates what you can get min milliseconds in openscad.

The team is not interesting in fixing it and shows a fundamental flaw with how they handle thin intersections. ImplicitCad is sadly nothing more than a non-functioning hobby project and should be labeled as such.




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