Solidworks users spend “blue tokens” on AI drawings, insights and more
Oh, boy…
The end is near, Skynet already online.
Token gonna be the only currency for everything.
It’s no surprise… AI functionality is an ongoing cost that scales directly with usage. None of the major AI tools are currently anywhere close to profitable. They can’t just plop free AI in there unless possibly you have your own paid for compute.
I do think it’s interesting that the most popular thing is assembly performance. This screenshot just shows Leo presenting the exact same data that’s in the existing “performance evaluation” tool, just in a sidebar instead of a popup dialog. Granted, I haven’t used it, maybe it goes on to suggest specific actions or something, but I don’t see anything here that makes me think I’d be happy to pay my $0.02 to hear Leo’s $0.02.
For a new user, it probably worth the $0.02 to learn something.
Most of them will just keep paying $0.02 for the same answer.
Not complaining. Someone need to pay.
That’s kinda sorta my problem with it though. Unless it says at the end “By the way, you can directly access this information through the Tools-Evaluate-Performance Evaluation command”, they aren’t even learning something. Leo’s just selling fish without telling people that the poles are over there in the corner to use for free.
Suppressing parts will increase performance, what a revelation.
I’d be more impressed is it said “Some moron modeled helical threads on all your fasteners which creates more graphics for your ualready underpowered laptop to handle. Suppressing the extra thread features and other unneceesary detail and creating a new simplfieid configuration will vastly improve your day and perception of SolidWorks”
I think generating simple drawings using AI could definitely be useful. SolidWorks already has quite a few tools that can handle drawing tasks automatically, so combining them into a single streamlined workflow makes a lot of sense.
Take simple sheet metal bent parts, for example: a press brake operator usually needs very specific dimensions in specific places, formatted according to a set company standard. Automating a process like that down to a stage where it just “requires visual inspection” is entirely feasible.
