The Artificial Engineer
AI learned to write. Then it learned to code. Now it is beginning to design.
For an experienced mechanical engineer, that raises a much more practical question: Can AI multiply the value of decades of engineering experience?
In this episode of The Common Room, we examine the cutting edge of AI-assisted mechanical CAD and machine design in 2026—from the perspective of a veteran automation engineer who has spent four decades designing real machines and is now working as an independent consultant.
We look at Onshape and its remarkable new AI/MCP connection to parametric CAD; SOLIDWORKS and…
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