Re: FoxPro, AI & GCode - Oh My...

11 Apr 2025


      Wow - seems that 3D Printing became your New obsession!
It's cool to see you explored Klipper. You didn't do any kind of coding in relation to your work with Klipper - am I right? Or did it involve any kind of code compiling?
I know a bit about Klipper - but, have NOT actually implemented it. I bet some folks here might find this Klipper stuff a bit interesting. For those who have not heard - it's a kind of upgrade to printers that actually allow them to print Faster - having to do with Resonances and such...
And - Wow - you went ALL IN - in regards to first the Bambu w/AMS Lite & now the full blown Bambu! I actually have my eyes on the new Bambu HD2 - with the heated chamber AND the 2nd print head. It's a bit of a Game Changer!!!
I will definitely be in touch with you more - about your 3D Printers!!!
________________________________________
From: ProFox on behalf of Jeff Roberts
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2025 11:58 AM
To: ProFox Email List
Subject: Re: FoxPro, AI & GCode - Oh My...
[You don't often get email from jefflroberts@gmail.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ]
Now, I did say half a dozen...but I am not sure that gets me off the hook
for impulsiveness! I bought a Creality Ender 3 last spring because it was
on sale for $100, and I figured I could risk that much if I didn't like it.
I immediately became obsessed and bought another Ender 3 with some upgrades
used for $100. Then, I bought the new (at the time) Ender 3 V3 KE because I
wanted to experiment with Klipper. I jailbroke it and added boards to the
Enders I already had so they could run Klipper. Then I bought a used Bambu
with the AMS lite and then a new Bambu. I had big plans for selling 3d
printed items of all sorts, but it turns out I am better at making money
with code and computer services so far! They seem to have improved with
Foxpro, but I still get a lot of mashups of Foxpro and C# ish code. It's
like it can't tell the difference. I did use them recently to help document
a Visual Foxpro app I inherited, and that saved me a lot of time. I am also
very green in the world of CAD. I'm no expert by any means!
On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM Kurt Wendt kwendt@pakoinc.com wrote:
...
OMG Mr. Roberts - It's not only surprising that you own One 3DP - but,
...
utterly shocking that you own a Dozen of them!
...
...
Do you run a printer farm, and do print productions for money??
...
...
Gotta say - I am VERY Pleasantly surprised to see someone in this forum
...
who is also familiar with OpenSCAD. Myself, I have really only dabbled in
...
it. Just being honest.
...
...
But, I will say - I'm kinda shocked by your comment of "They are much
...
better at OpenSCAD than Foxpro." - as that has not been my experience at
...
all. I've had AI generate OpenSCAD - but, the script did NOT produce what I
...
wanted. And, yet - my recent experience with AI generating FoxPro code is
...
much better! And, even have AI reading in FoxPro code - and quite
...
successfully generate C# code.
...
...
So, yeah - definitely more luck with FoxPro based stuff with AI.
...
...
...

...
From: ProFox on behalf of Jeff Roberts
...
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2025 11:30 AM
...
To: ProFox Email List
...
Subject: Re: FoxPro, AI & GCode - Oh My...
...
...
[You don't often get email from jefflroberts@gmail.com. Learn why this is
...
important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ]
...
...
I also use OpenSCAD and have played around with getting claude.ai and
...
ChatGPT to generate code. They are much better at OpenSCAD than Foxpro. I
...
also found myself trying to size and align some things that OpenSCAD didn't
...
seem good at, so I started experimenting with Cadquery and cq-editor. There
...
were a lot of things to like about them. Still, unfortunately, with my lack
...
of knowledge and ability for Python tooling and dependencies, I could never
...
get them both working together. Then, I discovered that you can
...
programmatically create objects in Blender using Python. So many choices! I
...
still prefer OpenSCAD, but I am also more familiar with it. I went down
...
this rabbit hole because I bought a 3d printer, which then turned into half
...
a dozen 3d printers because I've heard you can't have just one...
...
...
On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM Kurt Wendt kwendt@pakoinc.com wrote:
...
...
...
There you go! IT seems our Man Stephen has decided to learn some New
...
...
Tricks using AI.
...
...
...
...
Right On Dude!!!
...
...
...
...
Yeah, over time - I've also been trying to dabble into the AI world - and
...
...
am hoping to eventually harness the power of AI in more serious ways. I
...
was
...
...
even contemplating spinning up an AI server, and doing specific training
...
of
...
...
it - in regards to 3D Designs for 3D Printing. More specifically - train
...
a
...
...
server to properly generate OpenSCAD scripts.
...
...
...
...
I wonder if anyone here is familiar with OpenSCAD.
...
...
...
...
For those who are NOT - it's basically a CAD tool that's not based upon a
...
...
UI to Create 3D Designs (which is the normal case) - instead - it's
...
...
basically a programming language to create 3D Designs.
...
...
...
...
I figured that since the language is essentially Text - that AI could
...
...
generate OpenSCAD. And, I played in ChatGPT - and it DOES actually
...
generate
...
...
OpenSCAD scripts. However, it essentially generated Garbage. Yeah - the
...
...
code would run, and it's "valid" scripts - but, it simply won't generate
...
...
the Actual 3D Model that I asked for.
...
...
...
...
And that my biggest dip into the world of AI as it relates to 3D CG.
...
...
...
...
-K
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

...
...
From: ProFox on behalf of Stephen Russell
...
...
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2025 11:00 AM
...
...
To: ProFox Email List
...
...
Subject: Re: FoxPro, AI & GCode - Oh My...
...
...
...
...
...
...
[You don't often get email from srussell705@gmail.com. Learn why this is
...
...
important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ]
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
AI, what we think you want.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Different engines do different things with the same prompt.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
I'll take my speech notes to help guide it and ask it for a speech on
...
...
...
...
something new.  This is what I do for our Brown Bag training meeting.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Once it gets the facts for you, you can then ask it to pound out speech.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
I did this on better queries of the SQL DB, then asked it to base itself
...
...
...
...
off of Mongo DB.  I then went and installed Mongo and did what it told me
...
...
...
...
to do.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
On Fri, Apr 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm
...
...
wrote:
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Me as an "Old Dog" err.. Fox, I'm still a bit overwhelmed by that AI
...
...
...
...
...
...
stuff...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Billion dollar autocomplete ;)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
--
...
...
...
...
...
Alan Bourke
...
...
...
...
...
alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
[excessive quoting removed by server]
_______________________________________________
Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com
Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox
OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech
Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives
This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/CAMandq-UfoxY2A94mAKtnYr7cBYYrV7dqX7DEWGGdJ...
** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Re: FoxPro, AI & GCode - Oh My...