V4 – New Slice Command
I’ve always disliked the slice command in MeshCAM until now; it’s ugly, unclear, and inefficient. The Customer Experience Program showed moderate usage even in this sorry state so I figured it might get real use if I made it better. The new slice command is not just a trick of defining the stock to only machine one slab (like the old command), it will instead save a batch of STL files- each one representing one slab of the model that can be loaded and machined separately. An example of one of the STL slabs is shown...
read moreVersion 3 Done, Version 4 Started
I was planning on taking a month or two off after finishing V3 but I ended up jumping right into V4 later in the day. I’ve managed to get the following items done so far: Changed to a new version of my threading library Made waterline toolpath direction consistent- currently climb milling Added timeout to beta releases Added "Append as Check Surface" to file menu Draw supports in red Added busy dialog when saving job Changed source control system So far the todo list contains another 32 items to get done before release. A...
read moreSay Goodbye to V2
Unless I get any negative feedback in the next day or two, V3 is going to be moved to the “stable” download branch and V2 will go away forever. If you have a chance to run the latest V3 through it’s paces before then I’d appreciate any positive or negative feedback.
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