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virtualritztoday at 4:00 PM2 repliesview on HN

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


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fslothtoday at 7:15 PM

"no STEP/IGES/BRep output"

SketchUp does not really have that either if you are expecting something else than triangles. Since sketchup has polygons you could argue they are brep but even then only accidentally.

Architecture works with a bit different ruleset than mechanical cad.

dofmtoday at 4:03 PM

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.