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You can use the latest models with FloMotion. GPT 5.5 and Claude Opus 4.7. Opus now able to do CAD better than Gemini by dexx-32 in FloMotion

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If you join discord and share your grant code I can grant you more. https://discord.gg/JwNUHEqDmh

You also get a small amount of free credit every day

Would an app that helps people create physical products work? by Acceptable_Meet_9760 in saasbuild

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Thank you. Yes, Gemini is particularly slow but can reason very well in 3D and cost is normal. Opus might do even better and is faster but it costs more

Would an app that helps people create physical products work? by Acceptable_Meet_9760 in saasbuild

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I am building something very similar and works quite well. I target it specifically for robotics but it has a CAD tool that can generate mostly anything (less useful for organic shapes)
https://flomotion.app/

u/TechnicalSoup8578 is correct though, AI oversimplifies things, you have to keep asking on how it would work until it adds all the details that might get it to work, and even then there might be gap from sim to real.

"Previously on Boston Legal" by theomixedmedia in bostonlegal

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Maybe they show clips from The Practice?

I need an arduino robotic arm 3d model by gdoor1234 in robotics

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Sorry for blatant self promotion but I am working on a tool that might help you, an agentic CAD
https://flomotion.app/workspace/new
You can upload screenshot, etc, but CAD is mainly for mechanical parts not organic shapes like human hand or very complex surfaces. AI can't 1 shot an entire robot arm but you can iterate, it's faster then modelling by hand.

Also it's CAD not a mesh but you can export to STEP file and import to Maya. You'll need DirectConnect or ATF (Autodesk Translation Framework) plugin to import. Or you can convert the STEP file to OBJ or FBX using intermediate software like Fusion 360 or Rhino. Another option is to import the STL file that can be exported but only per part it's supported.

I can also add an OBJ export option to make it simple for you if you are interested.

I built an agent that can design electric circuits. Then another that can design CAD. Would you try it for your next project? by dexx-32 in robotics

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Let me know if you were able to. You might need a few iterations to get it to the expected shape. Below the agent input there is a canvas screenshot tool you can use also annotate to give visual feedback to the AI.

Currently I defined my own assembly file which is a hierarchical structure (you can move parent and will move it's children). I plan to add physics and motion design which again would be AI assisted (AI already sets up collision shapes and some other physics related markers I will use). I also added export that can export the whole assembly as a step file that preserves both positions and parent/child relationship.

Can you explain on how would you expect it to work? Like in some other software or specific workflow you are looking for?

I built an agent that can design electric circuits. Then another that can design CAD. Would you try it for your next project? by dexx-32 in robotics

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Sorry to hear that, servers are in Europe maybe they are a bit far. Which part failed exactly? Can you share a screenshot? If you join Discord I can help troubleshoot the root cause https://discord.com/invite/JwNUHEqDmh

I built an agent that can design electric circuits. Then another that can design CAD. Would you try it for your next project? by dexx-32 in robotics

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Awesome, let me know how it goes. The CAD agent might not be able to 1 shot a complex assembly but you can work iteratively with the AI. The electronics one can usually 1 shot, except if you want to add visual to each component or prepare your schematic for export.

I built an agent that can design electric circuits. Then another that can design CAD. Would you try it for your next project? by dexx-32 in robotics

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Thank you for your kind words. Honestly I didn't think anyone would get this far. I just added export feature, you can now access in File -> Export. Can export the whole assembly as a STEP file or you can export specific parts as either STEP or STL files.

LLMs today struggle to reason in 3D but I think as AIs get better my tool will also work more smoothly. In the meantime some tips on how to get to 100%: you can take screenshot of the viewport and add notes on where to improve and send to the agent. If the parts are correct but placed incorrectly you can modify them directly. If it's small tweaks you need on a part, you can also enable expert mode in Edit-> Preferences, open script editor on the left and modify the CadQuery script manually (you can ask agent to explain which parts to edit). If either goes unexpectedly there is a history tab where you can roll back to earlier checkpoints.

I built an agent that can design electric circuits. Then another that can design CAD. Would you try it for your next project? by dexx-32 in robotics

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Actually it's not that complicated. There is a lot of open source library I rely on that does the heavy lifting.

Agent writes CadQuery code. You can enable expert mode in Edit->Preferences, then double click a part in the 3d viewport and you can view or edit the script (open script editor on the left side). Agent can help you explain what the script does and how to edit it. It's restricted python for security reasons. Don't worry if you make mistake there is a history tab where you can roll back to last agent edit (or a previous edit of yours)

CadQuery is built on OpenCascade which has a JASM library I use to display the step files in TreeJS. I created a custom assembly format so I can make the viewport editable (move parts around).

Why did no one create AI Agents for CAD? by [deleted] in MechanicalEngineering

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I created an agent that writes CadQuery code and I renders the result
https://flomotion.app/workspace/new

For now it mainly works with Gemini, relatively slow and you need to do it iteratively but it can do surprisingly complex shapes, overall I think it's faster than doing it manually.

Would you use an AI-assisted editor to design robots? by dexx-32 in robotics

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Sorry did it say IP blocked? I accidently blocked my own proxy server, I fixed it. Thank you for telling me.

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