alt Hacker Newsthis is one of the more compelling "LLM meets real-world tool" use cases i've seen. openSCAD makes a great testbed since it's text-based and deterministic, but i wonder what the limits are once you get into more complex assemblies or freeform surfacing.
curious if the real unlock long-term will come from hybrid workflows, LLMs proposing parameterized primitives, humans refining them in UI, then LLMs iterating on feedback. kind of like pair programming, but for CAD.
Complex assemblies completely fall on their face. It's pretty fun/hilarious to ask it to do something like: "Make a mid-century modern coffee table" -- the result will have floating components, etc.
Yes to your thought about the hybrid workflows. There's a lot of UI/UX to figure out about how to go back and forth with the LLM to make this useful.