Site Downgrade

I have decided to move the RapCAD website to a new hosting solution. There are two reasons for this, firstly I don’t see the need any more to host two separate blogs, and secondly because the new solution is cheaper. As a result of this change the bug tracker and forums have gone, (they were not being used anyway) and git hosting has moved primarily to github.

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  1. Is this still the rapcad website? I see a download link, but no serious documentation. Did this move, or is it more of a figure-it-out-yourself project?

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      1. I’ve been working through various CAD/CAM options and am surprised that rapcad is not more discussed. It’s not mentioned at all at https://reprap.org/forum/search.php?0,search=rapcad,author=,page=1,match_type=ALL,match_dates=365,match_forum=ALL,match_threads=0 and only a little on the OpenSCAD forums/mailing list: http://forum.openscad.org/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=1&query=rapcad&i=144

        Have you considered making a subreddit? /r/rapcad is available

        What would be involved in adding an output/export format? I ask because I’d like to have a scripted front-end for making SVGs for use on a CNC (right now I’m modeling in OpenSCAD, then using the customizer values stored in a JSON file to create SVGs: http://tug.org/TUGboat/tb40-2/tb125adams-3d.pdf and I’d like to instead just make a .c2d file for Carbide Create.

  2. I will setup a /r/rapcad (I’ve only just signed up for reddit)

    Rapcad does support a very simple svg export. If you can tell me the format of the .c2d file you want I might be able to add support.

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    1. Thanks! The SVG export I’ve been suggesting / working folks through is having different grey values cut to different depths.

      The .c2d file format is weird (to me at least), it’s a JSON file — the tool itself is freely available: https://carbide3d.com/carbidecreate/ (you have to provide your e-mail address — there is a Pro version which will eventually be paid and which adds some basic 3D modeling)

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  3. While the intention was to make RapCAD generate tool-paths and RepRap GCODE it doesn’t do so yet. I am not sure if that is a requirement for what you are trying to achieve, but if so watch this space.

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    1. It would be nice. Also, have you considered inputting feeds and speeds? Carbide Create has just standardized on a basic CSV fileformat for this, see: https://github.com/WillAdams/Design_Into_3D/blob/master/Carbide3D_Amana_tools.csv and c.f., the file for CAMotics: https://github.com/WillAdams/Design_Into_3D/blob/master/Carbide3D_CAMotics_tools.json — I’d still like an export format which could get files into Carbide Create (ob. discl. I work for them)

      Ages ago there was some really cool discussion on this sort of thing on the Shapeoko forums, but I’m not a programmer, and AFAICT, not many of them were acted on (though some made their way into cutrocket.com

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