Yesterday we uploaded Carbide Motion 366 to fix reports of “Cutter Stopped Responding” messages. This should almost never happen “in real life” but it’s happening anyway. From what we can tell, it...
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Carbide Motion 366
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DeWalt vs Makita
We get a lot of questions about what router to use with the Shapeoko, the DeWalt DWP611 or the Makita RT0701C. We've been meaning to do a deatiled writeup for a while but it looks like we can cross it...
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State of Carbide 3D 2017
It’s time for our somewhat-annual State of Carbide 3D. We’re a small company but at the core we’re product development people so we always have a lot going on. Here’s what we can share:
GRBL
Two of...
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Feb 2017 Update
A quick update of all that we’ve got going on at Carbide 3d…
We Need Help
First and foremost, we’re looking for a technical writer. We have all kinds of docs and tutorials that are half-done because...
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Carbide Motion 4 Beta
We been tsting GRBL 1.1 and Carbide Motion 4 with a number of people in the forum for the last week and we're feeling good enough about it to open the beta up to a larger group. If you're interested...
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Carbide Motion 4 and GRBL 1.1 Update
We've had Carbide Motion 4 and GRBL 1.1 out for about two weeks now and the feedback has been positive enough that we're recommending it for everyone except those running their machine 24/7 for...
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Carbide Motion 407
We just uploaded build 407 of the new V4 of Carbide Motion.
These are the main changes:
Fixed Nomad Classic settings
Added new tools
Fixed Error 13 for machines with an interlock
Changed jog stop to...
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Make What You Need
I went from idea to finished part in about 30 minutes when I made a desk stand for my 7" iPad Pro.
A few few months ago I picked up an iPad Pro and since have been slowly integrated the tablet...
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Introducing Carbide Copper
A lot of our customers are engineers, and their overwhelming feedback has been that they want to make PCBs on the Nomad. This was always possible but we didn’t have a recommended workflow or the...
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Carbide Create Build 289
We just uploaded Carbide Create Build 289.
It includes the following:
New Features
Mirroring/flipping.
Rounded, tee, and dogbone corners for rectangles.
Changed Save to separate Save / Save...
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Carbide Create 301
We just posted a minor update to Carbide Create:
Better zoom/pan behavior with the scroll wheel.
You can pan only by holding down the right mouse button and dragging. Note that you cannot begin a pan...
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Carbide Create 302
We just uploaded Carbide Create 302 with a couple of fixes and a great new feature.
Here's what we did:
(NEW) Import DXF and SVG files into an existing deisgn.
(NEW) Hitting "enter" in a...
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Carbide Create 303
We just uploaded a new Carbide Create, build 303, that contains mostly bug fixes based on user feedback.
Here's what we did:
(FIX) Engraving open contours is fixed.
(FIX) Tool editing cleaned up...
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Carbide Create 304
We just uploaded a new Carbide Create, build 304, with a huge new feature.
Here's what we added:
(NEW) Added tabs supports for contour toolpaths
(NEW) Toolpath parameters now update...
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Carbide Create 305
We just uploaded a bug fix release for Carbide Create, build 305. Here's what we changed:
(FIX) Make sure tool path name is saved in all cases.
(FIX) Speeds and feeds wrong on loaded files for pocket...
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Carbide Create 306
Two quick Carbide Create updates for the weekend:
(FIX) Edit nodes now works for rotated curves / polylines
(FIX) Changed #201 and #202 tools to 3 flutes instead of 2
Grabe the latest here
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Carbide Create 307
We just uploaded Carbide Create 307 with a small fix and a small addition.
(FIX) SVG no longer respects the "viewbox" parameter.
(NEW) Last folder used is now saved.
Grab the latest here.
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Carbide Create 308
We just uploaded a new build of Carbide Create with the following changes:
(FIX) Open contour machining working again.
(FIX) Bug where retract height didn't respect the zero at the bottom of...
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Carbide Create Build 310
We just uploaded a new version of Carbide Create, build 310, with a feature we’ve been planning for a while Texture Toolpaths.
Texture Toolpaths create textures on your parts, from simple hatching to...
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Carbide Create 311
We just posted Carbide Create build 311 with the following changes:
(FIX) Overlapping vectors in V Carving now work
(FIX) Self-intersecting vectors in V Carving now work
(FIX) First attempt at...
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