Monday, December 22, 2025

Trying to use CoPilot to Create an Object to 3D Print

My spindle motor on the mill has shorted out.  It will be at least a week before I can resume machining. 

I explained to CoPilot that I needed two parts that come together to hold a 52mm diameter .65" thick lens. 60mm OD, 52mm ID, 50mm at the ends to keep the lens in place, 6-32 holes through the two pieces.   It understood what I wanted and produced a python script to make STL and STEP files for the two parts.   Then I would install Cadquery in FreeCAD and import those files.

Of course, importing CadQuery into Free CAD produced lots of errors that if I still had a functioning brain would have only slowed me down a little.   The stroke took away so much of my capacity.   If anyone had a guaranteed solution to this, I would gladly spend $100,000 to get it back.

For that matter, do any of you have FreeCAD and a 3D printer?

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