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  • > You talk. It models. Physics checks the work.

    How does physics "check the work"? Do you run a physics engine? Do you make it in reality and do physical tests? What the fuck?

    Gets this slop away from me.

    by delusional
  • > runs on your computer

    Only if you have a cupertino-made toaster that is.

    by ur-whale
  • Cupertino-designed you mean? Everything is made in China…
    by amenghra
  • Looks cool.

    I have had issues with language CAD stuff before, often not performing as advertised and would love to tinker with it.

    And whats great here is that I cant test the web version, and because its for mac silicon only, I also cant test the local version.

    So Kudos? I guess?

    by protocolture
  • I had some good results using CadQuery [1] with CQ-editor [2] for visualization driven by Claude Code enhanced by a cadquery-llm-skill [3]. I didn't make anything too complicated, just cases for various ESP32 projects I am tinkering with, but that was very easy just describing what I want and iterating and refining until I am satisfied. It was much easier than doing it manually in FreeCAD and more dynamic as the changes were cheap and not tedious to do.

    [1] https://github.com/cadquery/cadquery

    [2] https://github.com/CadQuery/CQ-editor

    [3] https://github.com/jmwright/cadquery-llm-skill

    by okramcivokram
  • which part of this is the innovation?
    by noduerme
  • None of it. This is pray-novation. You hope that it works. If it doesn't then you try again or do something else.
    by amelius
  • Well, it certainly sounds cool. But I have questions about how it actually works. And I can't test it because I have nowhere to install it...
    by cryptolobster
  • Most LLM's are pretty good at generating openscad code already, so what's new here?
    by kabes
  • For an example of this, see:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/openscad/comments/1p6iv5y/christmas...

    (a blind person using OpenSCAD to create 3D models using an LLM and also by direct programming/editing)

    by WillAdams
  • > Make an adapter that connects my shop vac hose to the dust port on my table saw

    Hah, that is actually what I need right now and I also wanted to 3d print it :D

    by Mashimo
  • > "It asks for the real dimension instead of inventing one."

    Shortly after

    > "Make an adapter that connects my shop vac hose to the dust port on my table saw" > "Done: Ø57.6 → Ø35.0 · 74 mm"

    is interesting. When did it ask for the dimensions?

    by voidUpdate
  • Maybe they are referencing the sliders below to tweak the parameters?
    by kennywinker