Ask questions about your model
Ask the agent anything about your design — how tall it is, what it weighs, whether it fits or prints — and get a plain answer from the real model. Nothing changes unless you ask.
Follow along
Phone stand example
The prompt bar isn't only for changes. Ask a question the way you'd ask a friend who knows your design, and the agent answers in plain words. Nothing on your model changes — no preview, nothing to accept.
How tall is it?
Will this fit in a 20 cm box?
How much does it weigh in PETG?
What you can ask
| Kind of question | Examples |
|---|---|
| Size and fit | "How wide is it?", "Does it fit on a 220 × 220 mm print bed?", "Will the lid fit on the box?" |
| Weight and material | "How much does it weigh in PETG?", "How much filament does it use?", "What material is it set to?" |
| Why it is the way it is | "Why is the wall so thin?", "Why did you round the corners?" |
| What something does | "What does the fillet step do?", "Which parameters can I change?" |
| Printing and making | "Is this printable without supports?", "Roughly how long would it take to print?", "Could this be milled on a CNC instead?" |
| Comparing pieces | "What's the difference between the two pieces?", "Is the lid thicker than the base?" |
Select a face, an edge or two things first and ask about "this" — "how big is this face?", "what's the gap between these?" — and the answer is measured on what you picked.
Where the answers come from
The agent doesn't guess. Before it answers, Solid Vibes measures your model with the same geometry engine that builds it:
- the parameters and their formulas,
- the recipe, step by step, including the notes on why each step is there,
- the overall size (width × depth × height),
- the volume and the weight in each material (as if solid — a print with normal infill weighs less, and the answer says so),
- the printability check for the piece's process: supports, overhangs, thin walls, print time, filament, whether it fits the bed,
- how the pieces are connected, and what you have selected.
For "how do I…" and "what is a…" words it also reads the help center. If something couldn't be measured right now, the answer says so instead of making up a number.
One click to act on it
When the answer points at a change, it ends with a small button, for example "Make the walls 2.5 mm thick?". Click it and the agent runs that change like any request you'd type: you get the usual preview to accept or reject. If you'd rather do something else, just ignore it.
Change something and ask in one go
You can mix the two:
Make it 10 mm taller — how tall will it be then?
The agent prepares the change as a preview, then answers about the preview ("it would be 44 mm tall") so you can decide before you accept.
What it costs
Questions about your model are cheap: free in Fast mode and 1 credit in Smart mode by default (the same as help questions). The change you start from a suggestion button is charged like any other edit. See Credits, explained.
Where to read the answers
Short answers appear in the line above the prompt bar. The whole conversation — every question, every answer in full, the suggestion buttons, previews and anything that went wrong — is in the Chat panel on the right. See The Chat panel.
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