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Cartesian – AI 3D Modeling for Design

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Re: Cartesian – AI 3D Modeling for Design

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Is the site owners are here: that background and scroll effect is terrible.

Indeed — I try to stay away from website design critique here and it's against a rule, but that dot field makes it actually impossible for me to read, especially given the low text contrast and small fonts on the body text.

Re: Cartesian – AI 3D Modeling for Design

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"Architecture and product design" but no STEP/IGES/BRep output, just triangles?

Actually this appears to output 3DM, which is the CAD format Rhinoceros 3D uses, and is based on openNURBs. The typically tiny Claude (?) text (such as I can read it) makes it clear it's not just a mesh format, mentions faces and edges.

On that basis it is a step up from the usual AI CAD silliness.

Re: Cartesian – AI 3D Modeling for Design

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I've been using Astra to just create things in Blender. It's great. Kill the scroll jacking. It's a sign you're on Windows.

Exactly. I just give Astra an image such as furniture, and it creates an 3D reproduction in Blender. You don’t even need computer use. Codex and Blender’s scripting engine is enough.

Re: Cartesian – AI 3D Modeling for Design

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I'm so excited about this sort of stuff. ForgeCAD [1] for me was the first mind-blowing application of this a few months ago, where I'm able to just have claude (or codex) write JS that creates 3D Models that I can then print in my 3D printer.

- Built a ring for my compost bin that can properly hold down the plastic bag. This was originally a multi week project because I was also learning Fusion 360 in small 2 hour chunks over many weekends, then with ForgeCAD I had a good prototype in 60 mins with multiple iterations.

- I also built a cover for my overheating Logitech Circle doorbell, snapped a photo, gave it to claude, and claude found all the dimensions on Logitech's website, and then we iterated with 3-4 prints until we had it just right.

This is a whole new set of workflows that are unleashed with agents, even for hobbyists.

1: https://forgecad.io

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