jetter
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Comment · 1 month ago
assemblies and tolerances are where AI generation quickly gets hard. but, for simpler things, it can be surprisingly good, especially for people who has no CAD knowledge. it certainly might feel a bit like brute-forcing through the LLM - but this also applies to vibe-coding..
Comment · 1 month ago
Sure! but, for 3d printing hobbyist who wants to create and print a cube, both are able to provide a printable cube.
Comment · 1 month ago
do you know the WASM bundle size of Python and CadQuery? OpenSCAD has a lot of cons in terms of concept and CAD approach, but there are things where it is good - it is embeddable and sandboxable and fast. It gets the job done in simple models and that is the reason why it is popular.
It reminds me a bit how everyone was bashing PHP because 'it is not a programming language' while wordpress ruled the world.
Comment · 1 month ago
"Downloading WASM: 40mb of Python and build123d" - this hurts :( This is exactly the good thing about OpenSCAD: its WASM build size is minuscule compared to Python build, and you can edit/customize a model right in the browser. https://modelrift.com/models/desktop-organizer-with-drawer
Comment · 1 month ago
CAD for 3D printing is finally becoming feasible with Flash 3.7 and 3.8. Exciting times. https://github.com/ModelRift/openscad-skill/
Comment · 4 months ago
https://modelrift.com/blog/openscad-llm-benchmark/ LLMs are still weak at spatial reasoning, but it gets better. Check out modelrift.com for another alternative
Comment · 4 months ago
take a look at modelrift.com, it is built around annotating built models by basic pen and arrow tools, works fairly well ('smarter' model is significantly better)
Comment · 5 months ago
check this out: https://modelrift.com/blog/openscad-llm-benchmark
LLMs are getting pretty good at OpenSCAD, especially if they work in agentic mode and can inspect intermediate results.
Comment · 5 months ago
these small functional prints are exactly where OpenSCAD and LLM generation shines
Comment · 5 months ago
I agree, my main concern regarding Google AI products is this endless pain around the UX of login / billing / upgrades / product sunsets... but their LLM models are good and Antigravity 2.0 is not that bad either (unless you lost all you Antigravity 1.0 setup and projects - like many people did)
Comment · 6 months ago
If you like this, you should definitely check modelrift.com which allows to build awesome cad models thanks to OpenSCAD and smart AI assistant.
Community built examples: https://modelrift.com/models
Comment · 7 months ago
Did you try modelrift.com ? Its openscad + ai but way more convenient to preview results in realtime and iterate via annotated screenshots