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RSSWhat's new in PartForge, and what we are working on.
· 3 min read
Kimi K3.1 Pro says it's great at 3D so we tested it
We ran Kimi K3.1 Pro against Sonnet 5.5 on 29 hard CAD tasks. It came really close, but Sonnet is still our default.
· 4 min read
The Story Behind Partforge
He wanted a robotic arm. He ended up with a lot more.
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Why PartForge now defaults to Claude Sonnet 5.5
We switched our default model from Gemini 3.8 Flash to Claude Sonnet 5.5 because it's much faster. Here's how it compares with Opus 5.5, GPT-6.1 Sol, Gemini 4 Argon and the rest on hard CAD tasks.
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Creating PartForge
An interview with Scott, the creator of PartForge and a maker and tinkerer.
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3D modeling without CAD: PartForge vs. Tinkercad, Fusion 360 and AI model generators
You need one bracket, not a new hobby. Here's how describing a part in plain English compares with the usual ways of making a 3D model for printing, and when each one is the right tool.
· 5 min read
New model day: we tested both of them
Anthropic and OpenAI both shipped a new model yesterday. We ran them through our hard cases overnight. Here is what changed, and why PartForge is still on Gemini.
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Three forges worth taking apart
An altoids organizer, hexagonal chainmail and a milk crate for your sd cards.
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A forge is a program, not a mesh
Why the thing you get back is source code that produces geometry — what that buys you, and the one thing it costs.
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Introducing PartForge
Why we made PartForge, how it works, and the experiments we ran along the way.