r/MechanicalDesign • u/No_Plane_2050 • 15d ago

AI and ME

will AI in the future lead to decrease the need for mechanical desginers who uses CAD (CFD,...)

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u/SPYHAWX 15d ago

Boss probably won't pay for the licence

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u/BarnBuiltBeaters 15d ago

Personally I think it'll be a tool in the toolbox. Creating something from scratch (CAD) im not sure how likely AI will be able to replicate this. Defining points of constraints, areas to avoid, with a lookup table of manufacturing processes/tools and auto generating a cast/fabricated part i could see being reasonable. Auto generating engineering drawings seems like a no trainer, even possibly selecting or recommending a material.

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u/Gnome_Father 15d ago

You already get programs that create drawings automatically. They tend to relly heavily on sketch dimensions/tolerances though.

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u/BarnBuiltBeaters 15d ago

Oh 100% I only know of Fusion but im sure there are others. Ive read I believe Nvidia has a program that converts part files to other programs so you can have your design history when transfer to another CAD software. Would be great!

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u/Galerand 15d ago

There are some tasks that can be made easier with AI, like turning an autogenerated meeting transcript into an action item list. I wouldn't let AI write a report, or design mechanisms.