The interesting use case is not replacing CAD for engineered parts. It is compressing the front end of the workflow: concept shape, decorative geometry, reference meshes, and fast variants.

For D's Plasticity and Bambu workflow, the sweet spot is likely AI for ideation followed by conventional CAD for clean, printable solids.

Design News highlighted generative tools that create 3D models from text or images, reducing the amount of manual mesh work needed to get from idea to object.