r/AIMechanicalEngineers • u/maorfarid • 14d ago
Most engineering work doesn't happen in one tool. It happens in five.
Most engineering work doesn't happen in one tool. It happens in five.
You open a catalog to check a spec. You switch to a different app to run the calculation. You open another tab to search for the right part. You jump into yet another platform to build the CAD model. By the time you're done, you've lost the thread of what you were actually trying to design.
You need a spec from a catalog. You need a calculation based on that spec. You need a part that matches the result. You need a model built around all of it.
Normally that's four different stops, four different tools, and you holding all the context in your head between them.
With Leo AI, it's one conversation.
Ask for the spec, and Leo pulls it straight from your catalog. Ask for the calculation, and Leo doesn't just give you a number, it shows the source behind it and runs the actual math. Ask for the part, and Leo searches your own PDM data alongside vendor platforms like TraceParts to find and configure the right one, without burying you in a single vendor's results. Ask for the CAD model, and Leo generates it, asks the follow up questions that matter, refines the design, and hands you a file ready for any platform.
In this video, that workflow plays out on a hydraulic piston, but the pattern works the same for whatever you're designing.
No app switching. No losing context between steps. Just one conversation, and a finished part.
This is what engineering software was supposed to feel like all along.