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Mesh rebuild freecad knob

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The request

Attached is an STL of a knob exported from a CAD application: a round body with a chamfered top edge and a hexagonal socket in the underside. Rebuild it as a parametric part named exactly `knob`, standing where the mesh stands (Z up, same origin, base on the same plane), with controls `diameter` (±10 mm around the mesh) and `height` (±5 mm), and a hex socket that fits a 8 mm key. Keep the mesh imported in the part while you work. Measure the mesh first.
A render of the mesh the model was given
Mesh · made with FreeCAD 1.1.0 (Part workbench, MeshPart tessellation at 0.008 mm linear deflection) · CC0-1.0

What the AI judge checks

  • The overall form matches the reference: the same kind of object, the same silhouette from the matching angle
  • Proportions match: the relative sizes of the major dimensions agree with the reference within what the eye can judge
  • Every major feature visible in the reference (holes, slots, bosses, tabs, lips) is present in the result
  • Those features sit where the reference has them
  • Nothing is present that the reference does not show — no decorative or unexplained geometry
  • The top edge is chamfered, not sharp
  • A hexagonal socket is visible in the bottom view

Measured checks

  • one sub-part named knob (gate)
  • volume within 3 % of the mesh (gate)
  • bounding box within 0.5 mm of the mesh (gate)
  • symmetric difference under the measured floor
  • the socket clears a 8 mm key across the flats
  • the socket is hexagonal, not round
  • the socket is 6 mm deep
  • the imported knob is still declared as an import
  • asked the oracle at most once

Ranked by hand

One reviewer put one attempt from each model in order, best first, ties left tied.

  1. #1 tie
    Gemini 3.8 Flash
    Gemini 3.8 Flash's ranked attempt
  2. #1 tie
    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash
    DeepSeek V4.1 Flash's ranked attempt
  3. #1 tie
    GPT-6 Luna
    GPT-6 Luna's ranked attempt
  4. #1 tie
    GPT-6 Sol
    GPT-6 Sol's ranked attempt
  5. #1 tie
    Kimi K3 Fast
    Kimi K3 Fast's ranked attempt
  6. #6 tie
    Opus 5.5
    Opus 5.5's ranked attempt
  7. #6 tie
    Kimi K3 (Moonshot)

    not acceptable

Parts marked not acceptable fall below the reviewer's acceptable line whatever their order. Ordering by hand decides Human rank and Human rate on the leaderboard; it never affects Overall or Strict.

Every model's attempts

This is an older run. See the current results.

Run hard-baseline-2026-09-232026-09-23commit 6edf19e0spend $212.67 + $43.09 AI judging, 15 unpricedstopped early (interrupted)Other runs: 2026-10-16T18-49-10-hard-compact-2026-10-16, 2026-09-10T19-44-23-baseline-2026-09, 2026-09-04T20-02-10-stage2-hard-cases, 2026-09-04T19-48-31-screen-14-fixed