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Hi @Zach_Kaplan@paulkaplan and others, As the new year started I was ready to receive “3D profiles (Curves on the Z axis) in Easel” feature in Easel. It was mentioned earlier (“New guy, Questions, questions, questions - Carvey - Inventables Community Forum”) in May 2016 by Zach Kaplan. But where is it now, or when is due to be scheduled? I really need it. I tried the alternatives (GRZ, Fusion, Kiri Moto etc), but they require some CNC understanding and are far less intuitive. My purpose is to make prototypes, not to become a CNC pro, so the software is only a simple means to create the models, not a goal as such.
wow i need this too. i’m slowly getting my head wrapped around fusion but i’d like to be able to knock out what i can on easel so the more features the merrier.
this is also a pretty tricky feature for them to have completely polished and debugged i’d imagine. But even if they just gave us what was in the .gif up there to try out as an app or add-on in easel would be a good first step
@Angelos this feature is still in development. Here’s a peek behind the curtain. As you can see from the animation above the rendering on the right side needs to be “crisper” in order for the feature to be usable. Quick update below on what the future holds:
The feature is still in development and testing. We need to make some performance improvements and usability improvements before we can launch it. This feature is in active development but as you can imagine it’s a non trivial feature.
You’d need a ball end mill. I’m not sure about the parallel passes vs. other toolpath techniques. I think they are experimenting to find what gives the best finish in the shortest carve time.
Hi @Angelos we don’t have a date we can release yet. We don’t know how long it will take to make it work at a level we’d be proud to release into beta. It’s an ongoing effort.
would love to be part of this beta test group when you are ready to test. I have played with curves on the z axis using illustrator and importing svg’s into easel. It works but does take some time and trial and error to get the correct depth you are looking to cut
Those features look awesome @Zach_Kaplan. Your team always impresses. Any forward movement with vbit carves? Again thanks for the progress y’all are making, I’ve put off learning fusion because of what y’all have and are doing fits my needs