A working 3D model of an Enigma machine
Details
- External ID
- 49896757
- Source
- HN
- Company
- —
- Product
- A working 3D model of an Enigma machine
- Website domain
- enigma.design
- Launched
- Sept. 29, 2026
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 78
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.8963317384370016
- Tags
- —
- Fetched at
- Sept. 30, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 30, 2026, 5:01 p.m.
Description
I watched the excellent Veritasium video [1] on the Enigma machine, and watched the full animation by Jared Owen [2], but was still a bit confused on how the inner mechanics of an Enigma machine work. I used Astra to build out the inner components through a combination of reference images, writing out hundreds of extremely detailed prompts, and building my own inspection tools to ensure that every part is sized and positioned in a historically accurate way.It's still a work in progress, but would love any feedback on the experience so far!1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsBZOcqZerk2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybkkiGtJmkM
Enrichment
- Theme
- interactive simulations and creative experiments
- Vertical
- Education
- Function
- Hardware & robotics
- Audience
- Prosumer
- AI stance
- Not AI
- Project type
- Hobby / open-source project
- Normalized one-liner
- interactive 3d enigma machine simulator for learners
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes Interactive 3D educational visualizations of mechanical hardware can be generated using Three.js / WebGL and AI coding assistants.
Discussion
3 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Poor mobile performance
Feature requests: Ability to back up in sequence, Share source code
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Launched 333 days after the earliest competitor.
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