Teaching LLMs how to solid model

It turns out that LLMs can make CAD models for simple 3D mechanical parts. And, I think they’ll be extremely good at it soon. An AI Mechanical Engineer Code generation is the first breakthrough application for LLMs. What would an AI agent look like for mechanical engineering? Material selection, design for manufacturing, computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and off-the-shelf part comparison would all be important features of an AI mechanical engineer. Perhaps, most importantly, an AI mechanical engineer would design and improve CAD models. Mechanical engineers typically design CAD using point-and-click software (e.g. Fusion 360, Solidworks, and Onshape). How could AI generate these solid models instead? Code generation meets CAD One promising direction is training a generative model on millions of existing CAD files. This approach is being actively researched by multiple teams who are investigating both diffusion and transformer architectures. In particular, I like Autodesk Research ... Read full article.