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Re: GenCAD

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Post by Lapsa »

dang wrote: post #130
Lapsa wrote: post #127

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what would you presume would be an effective way to address the situation? have tried just about everything

I can't presume anything, but from my limited perspective, what might work better is connecting with someone that you can talk with in person. Re your other comment: I am sure it is a serious issue, although I don't understand it. It's just not an issue that can be solved through internet forum threads like HN.

now you just communication channel shaming. what's wrong with internet forums? do you act on them principally different than in person? you should try to understand it - it's very serious. capitalism and democracy is at stake

Re: GenCAD

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Post by eMPee584 »

rirze wrote: post #105
nancyminusone wrote: post #102

If you can get this to read dimensions and apply constraints, you've done it. But that doesn't look like the case. Every time I see one of these things,its like whoever worked on it doesn't know how to use CAD or understand what CAD is used for.

This. Every 6 months, I reevaluate how well LLMs can model from scratch or can modify existing files. It's very superficial (atleast the last time I tried it). I'm guessing if/when LLMs crack visual reasoning, they might be able to do it.

Well visual reasoning is one approach, another is a coding-like approach like this cadquery-based solution https://articraft3d.github.io/ which was also posted here a couple of days ago.. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48153064 Curious what you (and others) think, they also are collecting a pool of examples including prompt, reasoning log and token cost, quite interesting imho.

Re: GenCAD

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Post by dang »

Lapsa wrote: post #131
dang wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't presume anything, but from my limited perspective, what might work better is connecting with someone that you can talk with in person. Re your other comment: I am sure it is a serious issue, although I don't understand it. It's just not an issue that can be solved through internet forum threads like HN.

now you just communication channel shaming. what's wrong with internet forums? do you act on them principally different than in person? you should try to understand it - it's very serious. capitalism and democracy is at stake

I'm very sorry, but we can't have you continuing to post comments like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48204766. It's not good for the community and it's not in your interest, so I've banned this account for the time being. Hopefully things will get better and we can unban it at some point.

Re: GenCAD

#134

Post by Lapsa »

dang wrote: post #133
Lapsa wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

now you just communication channel shaming. what's wrong with internet forums? do you act on them principally different than in person? you should try to understand it - it's very serious. capitalism and democracy is at stake

I'm very sorry, but we can't have you continuing to post comments like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48204766 . It's not good for the community and it's not in your interest, so I've banned this account for the time being. Hopefully things will get better and we can unban it at some point.

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Re: GenCAD

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Post by jetter »

richk449 wrote: post #18
jvanderbot wrote: post #15

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Same. Working with an LLM and OpenSCAD has been totally painless.

I’ve been using cadquery and build123 with Claude code and I find it incredibly painful. What is your workflow for llm integration to openscad?

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.
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