Mark Gebel

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@ThreeDeDaniel I’ve been using ai extensively in my cad workflows. The tools are getting quite good. It won’t be long before they can do it all the way. Mathematicians are crying now (at least some of them are having a knee-jerk moment), but soon it will be engineers, too.

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@Erdayastronaut @Onshape @autodesk If you are running agents, we are almost at the point of ditching cad ui’s altogether. You can get good results (meaning good geometry and 2d drawings) from the Mcps for rhino, blender, fusion, and there are plenty of great python libraries. prompt-to-CAD is legit!!

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@daniel_z1909 What was its reference for the design?

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

3/3

Now I just tell Sol to prep the models for the project. It looks at drawings, or other project data to find the specs, downloads and converts the manufacturer’s model—or builds it from scratch in headless Rhino in the background—while I keep working.

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

2/3

The old workflow:

Find the manufacturer’s specs → hope they actually provide a CAD model → download it → convert formats → fix the scale → clean up the geometry → finally import it into the project.

Not difficult. Just constant friction.

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

1/3

Quick anecdote if you ever had doubts about how much AI tools change productivity.

It used to take me 20–60 minutes just to get a usable 3D model of a sink, faucet, or appliance into a shop drawing.

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

I’m not an apple hater. I have had an iPhone for a long time, and I’ve been mostly happy with it. However, I feel so strongly I have to speak into the void on this one: Liquid Glass is crap. Sorry - this should not have been released - better no update than this.

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

Tried chatGPT5 with help on a cross word. It failed after many attempts to even correctly identify “what is the clue for 50 down” - not solving it mind you - it couldn’t even find the clue.

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@zanehengsperger Is there a difference between new manufacturing (industry 4.0), and old? With JIT and new automation for customized workflows, it seems like a different ballgame.

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@TheXeophon @JRobertsAI I read the question. It’s a nice puzzle. Not impossible, certainly. I wonder if 3d stereograms can be used in this bench (I.e. magic eye)

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@RWPUSA This should not be allowed

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@MarioNawfal This should not be allowed

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@Teslarati This should not be allowed.

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@niccruzpatane This should not be allowed

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@Teslaconomics This should not be allowed

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@Cappyarmy This should not be allowed

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@SawyerHackett This should not be allowed.

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@Kantrowitz In terms of new salesforce customers, there is necessarily a period of discovery when the client learns what formatted business data is necessary for basic functions, and what services salesforce can provide. How does AI make this more seamless - esp. for small businesses.

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@alexforbes__ Word. We’ll put.

[Mark Gebel @GebelMark]

@ianmiles Okay, then what did he mean when he said, “these are hardened criminals, and there are 100,000’s of them”. Oh really? Fear mongering at its worst.