LLMs (I just use Gemini) understand OpenSCAD to the degree that I asked it to make a 3-jaw chuck and it just did it. It also generates linkage animations: you can give it coordinates of a complex path and ask for a linkage that will follow this path. OpenSCAD has a built-in animation mode where you can watch the movement.
I don't even know if it's possible to design linkages following a given path in FreeCAD/fusion/solidworks---does anyone know? BTW, note that OpenSCAD file is essentially a python-like program that will generate a given geometry. It's inherently parametrized and easy to extend by hand. On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 5:17 PM andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 30 Sept 2026 at 22:07, Chris Albertson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > About OpenSCAD, I challenge anyone to make a Milwaukee battery drill in > OpenSCAD. > > FWIW I asked an AI (Claude) to create me an OpenSCAD file of a "95th > percentile handgrip with a trigger" and it created a valid file that > was not entirely dissimilar to the requested object. > > And this was a year or more ago, they have become a lot more capable since. > > -- > atp > "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is > designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and > lunatics." > — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
