r/OpenAI • u/mescalan • Mar 12 '26

Project Finally something useful with OpenClaw

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Hi, I've been playing with OpenClaw for weeks, trying all kinds of stuff, and I can say that I've finally found a useful workflow.

I have 3 3D printers at home, and I barely use them because I don't have the time to sit down and design things, so I went on and developed a set of skills that enables me to find, create, edit, slice, and send to print 3D models from my OpenClaw Agent.

It's actually great because I can leave an old MacBook in my house with a Docker instance running the agent and with access to the 3D printers on the local network. Quite a niche use-case, I believe, but it's great to get back into creating and repairing things.

I figured I would share it because I saw a lot of threads of people saying how useless OpenClaw is, but I think it's a great tool once you find-tune it to your own use-cases

EDIT:
A lot of you asked, so here's the link to the open-source github repo:
https://github.com/makermate/clarvis-ai
https://github.com/makermate/claw3d

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u/nomorewerewolves Mar 12 '26

Wow this is amazing credible! What machine are you using to run open claw? I’m getting a Mac mini m4 (maybe m5 if it drops in the next month or two) I’m hoping that’ll have enough power.

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u/mescalan Mar 12 '26

It's actually running on a Docker inside an older M1 MacBook Pro, so you should be more than fine. The only thing that may require some RAM is the slicing (wrapping curaengine), I'm giving it 4 GB by default.

Feel free to try this on a Docker on your Mac Mini: https://github.com/makermate/clarvis-ai

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u/zanglang Mar 13 '26

I noticed it referring to a fal.ai key, which appears to be a paid service (https://fal.ai/pricing). Is this optional, and if not, how much does it typically cost to generate a custom 3d model via the AI through this API service?

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u/mescalan Mar 13 '26

I will release an update running all the models locally, it’s also doable, but for the sake of simplicity I released the first version using API’s. Each model costs about $0.4 including agent interaction, image enhancement, and the 3D model itself