I've been experimenting with using Claude Code and the Gemini CLI to generate OpenSCAD with the renderer in the loop.

https://github.com/rahulgarg123/openscad-mcp

It’s still strictly worse than what these models are capable of for general-purpose coding, but for simple tasks where precision isn't the bottleneck, it's surprisingly decent.The "aha" moment for me was an image-to-object workflow: found a geometric design on the web --> generated OpenSCAD to match the image --> 3D printed it. Going from seeing a JPEG to holding the physical object in a few hours.