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Comment · 2 years ago
OpenSCAD will definitely be more efficient but not as many people speak it fluently. When we learn or talk about objects, we do it in English, even if we have to resort to very technical jargon. I think this is a case of opening it up to more people rather than making it more efficient for people who already do this.
Comment · 2 years ago
I haven't thought it through completely, but it could start out as basically dall-E but for 3d meshes. Then what would be really useful if it could faithfully represent some specs you give it. Dimensions, shape, etc. Imagine all the specific instructions someone who knows a lot about gears (but nothing about how to use CAD) could give as a prompt. All these specs should be followed faithfully. It should be able to create any arbitrary gear you describe to it. Gears are just one simple example but you get the idea.
Comment · 2 years ago
I think this is putting the cart before the horse. In my experience, the reason many 3d prints are useless trinkets (NOT functional parts) is because it takes a lot of effort to design your own custom piece. Most 3d prints that are actually useful are custom to your use case.

The amount of effort it takes makes it so that if something close enough exists, I will buy it online. If it doesn't exist I will not bother designing it from scratch since this is not a massive part of my life that I'm willing to sink much more time into than it is worth.

Comment · 2 years ago
There is not a lot of advantage to releasing this on Azure where you are directly competing with GPT-4, which will beat you on most tasks.
Comment · 2 years ago
I wish there was more progress in text-to-3D mesh for creating basic but very specific and functional shapes. With the last few years of progress, it really feels like it should be possible, but none of the big players are finding it worthwhile to look at. It would give the 3D printing community a massive boost.
Comment · 2 years ago
I still have my original PSP with its discs, and it works like a charm. The build quality is very impressive. I can use it as a plug-in controller for my PC.
Comment · 5 years ago
To me it seems like not starting down that path is the only surefire way of drawing a distinction between what is acceptable and what isn't.

Also from a user's perspective, I would undoubtedly choose the one without ads of the two alternatives if they were competing.

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