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Launch HN: Adam (YC W25) – Open-Source AI CAD

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Very cool. Why not start with an MCP instead? An existing LLM could drive the generation while the MCP can render the final result?

We're intent on building a dedicated editor, that way we can build a lot of nice UI! We'd also like to build public mcps for some of the popular cad tools

Re: Launch HN: Adam (YC W25) – Open-Source AI CAD

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> A complete V8 internal combustion engine

Yeah, no, that's a lie. This isn't a CAD model. It's a fantasy 3d model that looks like it's straight out of Gearhead Garage (1999).

Any time I see these 'AI CAD' solutions it's always toys, toys, toys. Show me something functional that you've actually manufactured (shitty 3D prints don't count). Or at least show me something that can actually be assembled and isn't just a bunch of boxes with no fasteners to hold them together.

Re: Launch HN: Adam (YC W25) – Open-Source AI CAD

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post #10

FYI there is already a product with a very similar name, CADEM.

Oh thanks! What's CADEM?

I think it's primarily for designing chemical processing systems, though I know it through the pipe layout software being used off-label to design vehicle electrical harnesses.

Re: Launch HN: Adam (YC W25) – Open-Source AI CAD

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post #12

> A complete V8 internal combustion engine Yeah, no, that's a lie. This isn't a CAD model. It's a fantasy 3d model that looks like it's straight out of Gearhead Garage (1999). Any time I see these 'AI CAD' solutions it's always toys, toys, toys. Show me something functional that you've actually manufactured (shitty 3D prints don't count). Or at least show me something that can actually be assembled and isn't just a b…

We could defo update our readme! What do you think of this?: https://x.com/aaronli/status/2064876123109089742?s=20

Fable 5 in our Fusion Extension.

Re: Launch HN: Adam (YC W25) – Open-Source AI CAD

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> A complete V8 internal combustion engine Yeah, no, that's a lie. This isn't a CAD model. It's a fantasy 3d model that looks like it's straight out of Gearhead Garage (1999). Any time I see these 'AI CAD' solutions it's always toys, toys, toys. Show me something functional that you've actually manufactured (shitty 3D prints don't count). Or at least show me something that can actually be assembled and isn't just a b…

We could defo update our readme! What do you think of this?: https://x.com/aaronli/status/2064876123109089742?s=20 Fable 5 in our Fusion Extension.

I see cams intersecting eachother and still nothing that is actually ready to be manufactured or even looks like a design that has had any thought put into it. It's the CAD equivalent of idle doodling.

Do you have a single person on your team that's actually a mechanical engineer with practical industry experience?

Re: Launch HN: Adam (YC W25) – Open-Source AI CAD

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

We could defo update our readme! What do you think of this?: https://x.com/aaronli/status/2064876123109089742?s=20 Fable 5 in our Fusion Extension.

I see cams intersecting eachother and still nothing that is actually ready to be manufactured or even looks like a design that has had any thought put into it. It's the CAD equivalent of idle doodling. Do you have a single person on your team that's actually a mechanical engineer with practical industry experience?

Yes and we have a number of mechanical engineers using our extensions! AI in CAD is defo a WIP but when you trace the progress it's not too hard to envisage what the future will look like.

For the Fusion demo we intentionally didn't include the block or any accessories in the visualization as we wanted demonstrate Adam's ability to reason through the mechanical workings of an engine, like how the cams push the valves or the way the the crankshaft drives the connecting rods.

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