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New comment by jetter in "Antigravity 2.0 Tops the OpenSCAD Architectural 3D LLM Benchmark"

jetter — Fri, 22 May 2026 12:14:18 +0000

these small functional prints are exactly where OpenSCAD and LLM generation shines

New comment by jetter in "Antigravity 2.0 Tops the OpenSCAD Architectural 3D LLM Benchmark"

jetter — Fri, 22 May 2026 11:20:01 +0000

I agree, my main concern regarding Google AI products is this endless pain around the UX of login / billing / upgrades / product sunsets... but their LLM models are good and Antigravity 2.0 is not that bad either (unless you lost all you Antigravity 1.0 setup and projects - like many people did)

Antigravity 2.0 Tops the OpenSCAD Architectural 3D LLM Benchmark

jetter — Fri, 22 May 2026 10:38:26 +0000

Article URL: https://modelrift.com/blog/openscad-llm-benchmark/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234090

Points: 339

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New comment by jetter in "CadQuery is an open-source Python library for building 3D CAD models"

jetter — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 07:46:26 +0000

If you like this, you should definitely check modelrift.com which allows to build awesome cad models thanks to OpenSCAD and smart AI assistant.

Community built examples: https://modelrift.com/models

New comment by jetter in "FreeCAD v1.1"

jetter — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:10:13 +0000

Did you try modelrift.com ? Its openscad + ai but way more convenient to preview results in realtime and iterate via annotated screenshots

New comment by jetter in "Dune3d: A parametric 3D CAD application"

jetter — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 17:49:10 +0000

try modelrift.com ? Llms are bad at spatial understanding but you can steer them using annotated screenshots ("annotation mode" of modelrift) and get something working: https://modelrift.com/models/cable-conceal-box-with-wall-mou...

https://modelrift.com/models/customizable-liquid-funnel

New comment by jetter in "Dune3d: A parametric 3D CAD application"

jetter — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:00:35 +0000

Also check out modelrift.com which is based on openscad foundation. See the dynamic customizer which allows to edit any model parameter, re-render and get .stl: https://modelrift.com/models/customizable-liquid-funnel - it works _completely_ in your browser by using WASM

Web based IDE for prompt-and-pray 3D modeling

jetter — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:21:46 +0000

Article URL: https://pixeljets.com/blog/modelrift-ide-for-parametric-3d-modeling/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47278036

Points: 2

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New comment by jetter in "Print your own Mount Everest on a 3D printer (open source, web based)"

jetter — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 20:41:48 +0000

I have just added Mt Fuji to quick links.

Print your own Mount Everest on a 3D printer (open source, web based)

jetter — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:37:38 +0000

Article URL: https://terrain.modelrift.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47052045

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by jetter in "Gemini 3 Deep Think"

jetter — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:08:00 +0000

proper sessions page is live: https://modelrift.com/changelog/v0-3-2

let me know how it goes!

New comment by jetter in "Gemini 3 Deep Think"

jetter — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:15:07 +0000

building a benchmark is a great idea, thanks, maybe I will have a couple of days to spend on this soon

New comment by jetter in "Gemini 3 Deep Think"

jetter — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:12:56 +0000

right, I need to fix this one

New comment by jetter in "Gemini 3 Deep Think"

jetter — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:12:39 +0000

Thank you for this feedback, very valuable! I am using Bambu as well - perfect to get things printed without much hassle. Not sure if direct push to printer is possible though, as their ecosystem looks pretty closed. It would be a perfect use case - if we could use ModelRift to design a model on a mobile phone and push to print..

Short guide to 3D file formats: STL, OBJ, 3MF, STEP and the rest

jetter — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:14:09 +0000

Article URL: https://modelrift.com/blog/3d-file-formats-explained/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46994474

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New comment by jetter in "Gemini 3 Deep Think"

jetter — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:20:56 +0000

it is interesting that the video demo is generating .stl model. I run a lot of tests of LLMs generating OpenSCAD code (as I have recently launched https://modelrift.com text-to-CAD AI editor) and Gemini 3 family LLMs are actually giving the best price-to-performance ratio now. But they are very, VERY far from being able to spit out a complex OpenSCAD model in one shot. So, I had to implement a full fledged "screenshot-vibe-coding" workflow where you draw arrows on 3d model snapshot to explain to LLM what is wrong with the geometry. Without human in the loop, all top tier LLMs hallucinate at debugging 3d geometry in agentic mode - and fail spectacularly.

We Chose OpenSCAD

jetter — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:26:32 +0000

Article URL: https://modelrift.com/blog/why-openscad/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46885029

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

ModelRift: An AI-assisted IDE for parametric 3D models (OpenSCAD) [video]

jetter — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:16:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jE_qX4u-rU

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46838535

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jetter in "Parametric CAD in Rust"

jetter — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:37:04 +0000

If you like OpenSCAD, you should check https://modelrift.com which is an OpenSCAD browser-based IDE which uses LLM to generate .scad and instantly shows the .stl 3d model result via 3d model viewer. Since AI models are still not good at openscad, the useful feature of modelrift is the "screenshot-powered" iteration where human annotates visual problems and sends it back to AI assistant to fix, all using hotkey shortcuts.

Time to move on: n8n is not a good fit for SaaS

jetter — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 18:11:59 +0000

Article URL: https://pixeljets.com/blog/n8n-vs-code/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45802217

Points: 3

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