Hey everyone,
I love the recent updates to Shapr3D, and the AI Generative Render tool is a nice touch for visualizing projects. However, I’d love to start a discussion about what I see as the next major leap for this app: integrating a top-tier AI like Claude to help us build the actual 3D geometry.
In my day-to-day workflow, I design and prototype a lot of custom 3D-printed mechanical parts—specifically master mortise jigs for hardware like Emtek pocket door locks and Simonswerk concealed hinges. I’m a visual guy, and while I enjoy the manual CAD process, there is a lot of repetitive setup.
Imagine having an AI assistant in the sidebar where you could simply prompt: “Generate a parametric base plate 150mm x 50mm x 20mm, and cut a centered pocket mortise 120mm long and 15mm deep, optimized for 3D printing with PETG.”
Instead of just generating a pretty picture, Claude could interface directly with the Parasolid kernel to lay out the base geometry or alter dimensions on the fly. You could even feed it a PDF spec sheet of a hardware piece, and have it instantly generate a negative boolean shape for you to use in your design. It would take the grunt work out of initial setups, leaving us to fine-tune the tight tolerances and export the files to our printer fleets.
Currently, Shapr3D’s AI is strictly for rendering and support chatbots. Has anyone heard rumors of them moving toward AI-assisted solid modeling? If Shapr3D integrated Claude to actually draft and modify STEP/STL files, how would you use it in your workflow?
Let me know your thoughts!