3D models
Ask how a real thing works and it builds a 3D model of it while it talks, part by part, right on your screen. Drag to turn it, and click any part to ask about it.
- Works on Mac
- Windows and Linux
Steps#
Tap fn (Ctrl Shift Space on Windows and Linux) and ask how something works, like "How does a jet engine work? Show me it in 3D." Ask it to draw something and it draws it on the blackboard instead.
It builds the model part by part as it explains, floating right on your screen beside your work, with no window around it.
Each part comes as it names it, with its label.
Point at a part to see its name. Click it, or its label, to ask about it.
Drag to turn it. Scroll or pinch to zoom.
Drag the little bar under it to move it somewhere else on your screen.
Tap its x to put it away. It also goes by itself once the talk moves on, and if you cut in while it's being built, the half-built model goes away.
Say this#
- “How does a jet engine work? Show me it in 3D.”
- “Show me a human heart in 3D.”
- “Take it apart.”
- “Show me in 2D.”
What models can do#
- Built for your question, piece by piece, each part as it names it.
- Open up so you see inside, like the chambers of a heart.
- Come apart, and go back together.
- Move: fans spin, a piston rides up and down, a heart beats.
- Molecules come from a real chemistry database, never guessed.
- Say "show me in 2D" and it moves to the blackboard.
On Windows and Linux#
Models open up and name their parts there too, in a panel of their own, and the open side doesn't turn to face you by itself yet: drag the model round to look inside.
If it doesn't work#
| What happens | What to do |
|---|---|
| No model comes up | Ask for one: add "in 3D". If you asked it to draw, it draws on the blackboard instead. Check Show me things is Always or Sometimes. |
| It's in your way | Drag the bar under it to move it, or tap its x. |
| You'd rather see it flat | Say "show me in 2D": it moves to the blackboard. |
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