Is there any possibility of integrating with FreeCAD?
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#102Mechanical Engineer here, stop using AI to deal with the most enjoyable part of design PLEASE An automated drafting too where I can describe design intent and requirements would be a million times better, especially if it is CAD context aware. I would say around 5-20% of mENG is not actually modelling, the endless pursuit of text to cad and other ai works is both not helpful and not enjoyable (PS: The feature tree re…
The real way to use AI with CAD is to have it generate macros or scripts that interact with your tree or model.
Re: Show HN: AI CAD Harness
#103Mechanical Engineer here, stop using AI to deal with the most enjoyable part of design PLEASE An automated drafting too where I can describe design intent and requirements would be a million times better, especially if it is CAD context aware. I would say around 5-20% of mENG is not actually modelling, the endless pursuit of text to cad and other ai works is both not helpful and not enjoyable (PS: The feature tree re…
There is definitely some truth to that. I am an EE and have played around with some of the prompt -> schematic tools. If I need 10mins to prompt it to draw the inverting op-amp amplifier circuit that I need. It is pointless. I can draw that in 10s. Also, ECAD software have design blocks and I have a design block libarary. So large parts of a schematic is really just two clicks for me already. If one wants to go into…
I couldn't agree more. PDM is a really difficult challenge
I do wish there was a decent PDM/PLM system that wasn't vendor lock in hell or a bajillion dollar or we upload all your data to our cloud^TM
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#106Following this with interest - I'm an ex-SolidWorks AE and was recently trying to use FreeCAD (which I didn't get on with as it's very different to what I'm used to).
I found a FreeCAD MCP which I was driving with Claude Code and got mixed results. I was using it to do the tedious task of matching up a PCB design with specific LED positions to an enclosure design (having built a little util to design KiCAD PCBs using Claude https://github.com/edcs/kicad-yaml).
I've moved back to OnShape now, so it's great to see a new tool out there which connects to the tools I'm used to.
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#107You made me remember my first year of computer enginering where we had cad classes and every test was extremelly difficult because teacher used to ask the exactly wight with 6 decimals places and the correct material. If you miss one decimal all the answer was wrong.
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#108Mechanical Engineer here, stop using AI to deal with the most enjoyable part of design PLEASE An automated drafting too where I can describe design intent and requirements would be a million times better, especially if it is CAD context aware. I would say around 5-20% of mENG is not actually modelling, the endless pursuit of text to cad and other ai works is both not helpful and not enjoyable (PS: The feature tree re…
Hello, the feature tree renaming can be done with scripting macros in nearly every major CAD software (i.e. CATIA, Creo, Solidworks, Inventor). AI in CAD are solutions searching for a problem... :/
Being somewhat context aware and automagically renaming features is pleasant