Google just updated Deep Think mode for its Gemini 3 model, and it’s a huge step forward for 3D printing-related tasks. For those unaware, Deep Think mode focuses on enhanced multimodal understanding and thinking, and its latest upgrade expands it even further for technical, research, and scientific tasks. The focus is on the transition from theory to practical application. One of these application areas is 3D printing.
Essentially, Gemini 3 Deep Think will convert your rough sketches into a proper 3D model and generate a file ready to be passed to a 3D printer. What you have here is a tool that can essentially take a look at physical objects or a 2D image and convert them into a 3D blueprint while making changes you want in natural language.
Why is this a big step forward?
For anyone interested in 3D printing, even for personal use, the journey from idea to execution is arduous. You need to know CAD modeling, have the right software, and have a powerful computer to convert these ideas into a 3D file. The entire process is quite intensive and time-consuming and also requires a steep learning curve. And when it comes to product prototyping in engineering labs or even companies testing new products, the whole ordeal of physical modeling and prototyping ends up consuming a lot of time and resources.
With Gemini 3 Deep Think, Google aims to replace these technical challenges and enable users to go from idea to 3D printing stage without having to deal with complex physics-based modeling and software. But it’s not just the sheer convenience of converting drawings into 3D files that speeds up the job.
Iterating on an existing design is an equally important step, and Gemini 3 Deep Think aims to make this step easier too. The benefits are enormous, not only for do-it-yourselfers, but also for materials scientists, engineers and product developers.
A major practical shift for AI
“I used it to develop new metamaterials and a spider web-inspired bridge design, 3D printed it, then validated the structural integrity with an @nvidia DGX Spark load test. A stunning example of the future of material and architectural design – image in, manufacturing-ready design out,” MIT engineering professor Markus Buehler wrote on X.
If you can repair and optimize the complex models of objects in conversation and then have a CAD model ready to print in just a few minutes, that is a huge step forward. Gemini 3 Deep Think is available to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the Gemini app and, for the first time, will also be made available to interested companies and researchers via API.
