Is there any way to use easel while offline?
Or maybe some freeware available for some simple 2D designs that doesn’t require internet connections?
Easel only requires an internet connection while it boots up and in order to save the files you work on. So if you wanted to start it up and then move to a workshop that doesn’t have wi-fi, you can do that but if you close your files you lose any changes you’ve made. But all of Easel’s code runs client-side which means once it starts up it doesn’t require an internet connection to function.
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Inkscape + gcodetools extension + Universal GcodeSender
Sketchup Make + SketchuCam plugin + Universal GcodeSender
Inkscape + estlcam (my favourite)
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thanks guys
Im wondering if this has been answered before but it seems that any semi complex image I try to upload into easel via CSG times out. Is this because of my computer?
I’m not sure what you mean by csg, or how complex you mean, but I can say that I’ve had some issues with Easel choking and causing JavaScript errors and script hangs with svg files that have a lot of shapes in them.
Depending on what I’m doing sometimes I let the script continue and sometimes I cancel it.
Sorry I meant cvg format. I’m new to the routing so I’ve been starting with image trace and cvg formats. The current pic I’ve uploaded is nothing more than an outline of a Celtic cross with (499) pieces. But it always gets hung up on the java script piece and never comes back :;/
@Mike said it all. I run Easel all the time with no/poor internet connection. Just take you computer inside before you close the project if you want to save any changes.
I even keep several Easel projects open at a time and go back and forth, but I know that has caused some people problems so it may not be for everyone.
Yeah 499 is pretty heavy duty for Easel. I get hung up with more than 100 objects. And even if you could get it to open, every save would take an age.
Well I guess I’ll have to put the image in one sliver at a time. Thanks a lot for the reply.