Electric Comet wrote:

have been trying out a program for making 3d models called openscad

instead of clicking a mouse to create your object you define it
programatically

so far just playing with it to understand how it works

not sure how to generate dimension text

the syntax is not too abstract but it is an entirely new way to design
in 3d

.

New to you maybe but a very old method of drawing. Sketchup is pretty much
'it' for woodworking.