I designed some parts for an enclosure over the weekend using claude opus to generate an OpenSCAD file, which I then exported to STL and sent to a 3D printer. I was able to get a visually-correct-enough STL off to the 3D printer in about 5 minutes.
I then waited about an hour for the print to finish, only to discover I wanted to make some adjustments. While I was able to iterate a couple times, I quickly realized that there were certain structures that were difficult to describe precisely enough without serious time spent on wording and deciding what to specify. It got harder as the complexity of the object grew, since one constraint affects another.
In the end, I switched to FreeCAD and did it by hand.
I then waited about an hour for the print to finish, only to discover I wanted to make some adjustments. While I was able to iterate a couple times, I quickly realized that there were certain structures that were difficult to describe precisely enough without serious time spent on wording and deciding what to specify. It got harder as the complexity of the object grew, since one constraint affects another.
In the end, I switched to FreeCAD and did it by hand.