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Real jobs done with SphereHarness, one post per video: what was asked, which CAD operations ran, what was measured, and what did not work.
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Belt conveyor built part by part in Autodesk Inventor
Rails, legs, rollers, belt and motor built and assembled in Inventor from chat requests; a clash check moved the motor 46 mm.
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Desktop PC tower in Autodesk Inventor: assembly, drawing, BOM
SphereHarness builds a 15-part PC tower in Inventor, mates it, clash-checks 171 pairs, then makes the assembly drawing and an Excel BOM.
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Belt conveyor assembly built part by part in Siemens NX
SphereHarness builds a belt conveyor in Siemens NX from chat requests: rails, legs, rollers, belt and motor, then assembles it and clears a 46 mm clash.
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Cricket bats in four willow grades as 3D solids in AutoCAD
One bat per English willow grade built as lofted 3D solids in AutoCAD, with mass from 1.111 to 1.210 kg and A3 drawings checked on 13 dimensions.
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Parametric cricket bat in Inventor: five willows, FEA and drawing
A parametric bat built in Inventor, four sizes from one parameter set, five willows, an Inventor Nastran impact and modal study, and an A3 drawing.
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Cricket bats in four willow grades with A3 drawings in Siemens NX
Four English willow cricket bats built in Siemens NX from one chat, each with an A3 drawing, a PDF and a STEP file. Grade 4 measures 1.356 kg.
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Cricket bats in four willow grades with A3 drawings in Solid Edge
One parametric bat per English willow grade built in Solid Edge from a chat, 1.205 to 1.306 kg, with A3 drawings checked dimension by dimension.
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Fully annotated part drawing drafted in AutoCAD by an AI agent
A bearing block end plate drafted from chat requests: layers, hidden lines, dimensions, datums, GD&T, a 2:1 detail, an A3 title block, DWG and PDF.
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A 24 x 15 m workshop layout drawn in AutoCAD from chat requests
Walls, column grid, 10 machine blocks, a hatched storage zone, dimensions and a machine schedule in AutoCAD, saved as DWG, PDF and DXF.
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Engine mount bracket resonance found and fixed in Inventor
An Inventor Nastran study puts mode 1 of an engine mount bracket at 190.5 Hz, inside the firing band; a thicker upright moves it to 297.8 Hz.
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Mars rover built in Siemens NX from one saved skill
One chat request runs a saved skill: 21 parts and a 36-component Mars rover assembly in Siemens NX, checked against stored volumes with 0 overlaps in 630 pairs.
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Solid Edge folder work on a free AI model: material, BOM, Word, Teams
A free AI model changes 15 Solid Edge sheet metal parts to aluminium 6061, exports a BOM, builds an assembly from Excel and writes a 13.35 kg Word report.
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Mars rover built in Solid Edge from one saved skill
One chat request runs a saved skill: 21 parts and a 36-component Mars rover in Solid Edge, 0 overlaps in 630 pairs, measured 40.093 kg against 40.01 kg stored.
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Microsoft Copilot draws a flange plate in AutoCAD
Copilot Studio and Teams drive AutoCAD on a local PC through SphereHarness: layers, dimensions, a delete and the three set-up steps.
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Microsoft Copilot builds a belt conveyor in Autodesk Inventor
Copilot Studio drives Inventor on a local PC through SphereHarness: conveyor parts, a 9-component assembly at 89.3 kg, a STEP export and the set-up steps.
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Mars rover with 36 components built in Autodesk Inventor
A simplified Mars rover, 21 parts and 36 components, built in Inventor by typed requests; 0 overlaps in 630 pairs and 40.01 kg measured.
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Microsoft Copilot builds a mounting flange in Siemens NX
Copilot Studio drives Siemens NX through SphereHarness: a mounting flange with boss, bore and bolt holes, measured at 424,537 mm3, exported to STEP.
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Microsoft Copilot builds a steel L-bracket in Solid Edge
Copilot Studio drives Solid Edge through SphereHarness: an L-bracket in steel with a 10 mm fillet, 177,171.683 mm3 measured, exported to STEP, also from Teams.
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Nesting a 300-part sheet metal order in Solid Edge: 14 sheets to 11
A 15-part cabinet times 10 stations nested in Solid Edge: 14 sheets down to 11, a DXF per sheet layout, steel at 88.1 percent, files saved to OneDrive.
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Dumb STEP solids and PDF drawings converted to Solid Edge parts
A pillow block and a 30-part sheet metal cabinet rebuilt in Solid Edge from STEP solids and PDF drawings, with true sheet metal, flat patterns and drawings.
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Sheet-metal nesting in Inventor: 300 parts, 14 sheets to 11
A 15-part cabinet, a 10-station order of 300 parts in three materials, nested with SphereHarness from 14 sheets to 11 with a DXF per layout.
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STEP solids and a PDF drawing converted to Inventor parts
A history-free STEP bearing block rebuilt as features, a pillow block assembly with 71 mates, a drawing from a PDF and sheet-metal parts with flat patterns.
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Nesting a 300-part sheet metal order in Siemens NX with Teamcenter
A 15-part cabinet times 10 stations nested in Siemens NX: 15 sheets down to 12, a DXF per layout, and every part stored in Teamcenter.
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Dumb STEP solids and PDF drawings converted to native NX parts
A pillow block and a 30-component sheet metal cabinet rebuilt in Siemens NX from STEP solids and PDF drawings, with flat patterns at K factor 0.44.
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Inventor and Vault by chat on a free AI model: materials, BOM, report
Open parts from Vault or a folder, set steel on four parts, export and import a BOM, write a Word report, from Teams too, on a model with no AI cost.
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Siemens NX and Teamcenter: material change, BOM export, Word report
On a free AI model, SphereHarness finds an item in Teamcenter, sets aluminium 6061 on 15 parts, exports a BOM to Excel and writes a Word report from NX.
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Parametric bicycle in four sizes in Solid Edge, with a C# macro
A saved skill builds a bicycle in Solid Edge 2024, a macro the agent wrote ties it to three variables, and four sizes (1,366 to 1,847 mm) get drawings.
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Parametric bicycle in Inventor: four sizes, drawings, stress study
A 26-inch bicycle driven by three parameters becomes a Kids, Youth, Adult and XL family with A3 drawings, a Nastran study and Vault check-in.
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Parametric bicycle in four sizes with Siemens NX and Teamcenter
A saved skill builds a bicycle in Siemens NX 2306, a journal makes it expression-driven, and four sizes (1,366 to 1,847 mm) go to Teamcenter with drawings.
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SphereHarness in two minutes: AI that works inside your CAD software
A two-minute tour of SphereHarness: requests in plain words become CAD operations in Inventor, NX, Solid Edge and AutoCAD, with Teams as a remote control.