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Tinker Tuesday for September 22nd, 2026

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So the new models (Astra and Claude 5.5) have dramatically improved 3d reasoning.

How come? What changed?

I know with Astra it was an announced feature. People have been using it to make things with Blender.

https://developers.openai.com/blog/architectural-visualization-with-astra

https://x.com/walterzhu8/status/2100255999365964113

https://x.com/tomkrcha/status/2095756085890310311

They both just do functional interiors for buildings now. Previously I had to do a lot of hand holding because they would generate ladders that end at the celling, staircases without holes in the floor, that sort of thing.

The results I get now are impressive. Previously they were interesting but kind of garbage. I really didn't fix anything, so it's the models.

One of the examples is a waterfront city and it decided to put legs going down to the seafloor beneath the platform. Older models would just have a floating platform. The terrain height map function was always there, they just didn't do much with it.

Interesting stuff. How expensive is it to let Astra do 3d modelling, though?

I have no idea. People on X are giving me the impression that it's pretty quick which suggests it doesn't burn too many tokens.

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