Cutaway

By ABHAY RAJ KUMAR

Overview

Attach a photo or name a machine to explore how it works. Cutaway identifies the likely model, looks for technical references, and creates an interactive cutaway with selectable parts, controls, and HTML or SVG downloads. It distinguishes documented details from illustrative internals and unknowns. You can also open finished models of the GE9X jet engine, wing designs, an espresso machine, and a boxer engine. Each includes explanations, sources, and its simplifications. The hosted tools open the finished models inside ChatGPT. Custom drawings use the image, search, file, and code tools available in your session. Photos and custom drawings aren’t sent to Cutaway’s server. You don’t need a separate API key or Cutaway account. The drawing toolkit comes from Ryan’s (@wheresryan22) MIT-licensed /anatomy. Optional glow and palettes come from April Zhu’s iso-glow, based on Tolga Cohce’s iso-figure. Cutaway adapts their work for ChatGPT and keeps the upstream licenses.

Tools

list_cutaways

ChatGPT

List the available interactive educational cutaways and their controls. Use a model's open tool to display it. Custom drawings are handled by the bundled Cutaway skill.

open_boxer

ChatGPT

Open an interactive four-cylinder boxer cutaway at a crank angle and opposing piston pair. Shows separate crankpins and piston travel, with sources and downloads. Generic layout, not a specific production engine.

open_espresso

ChatGPT

Open an interactive espresso brew circuit at a selected stage and component. Follow water through the reservoir, pump, boiler, valve, and group. Includes sources and downloads; timing and flow are illustrative.

open_ge9x

ChatGPT

Open an interactive GE9X cutaway at a selected component, with core and bypass airflow, sources, and downloads. Published architecture with illustrative geometry; not a performance simulation.

open_wing

ChatGPT

Open an interactive wing cutaway. Compare planforms, deflect the flap, extend the slat, and expose ribs and spars. Includes sources and downloads. Does not calculate flight performance.