Im excited to see millmage finally but have questions about future abilities.
When or does millmage have the ability to craft Z profiles? Im looking to make handgun grips and so far with all my tinkering i cannot seem to find any way to contour a shape in the z axis. Without making layers that is. Anyone have any insight? Is it a feature that is already available or under development?
Also the ability to import .stl files would be great. Unless it’s already there and im a moron.
The feature you are looking for is 3D carving and at current that is not possible in Millmage.
There has been some discussion about the feature here on the forum but there is a long list of other features that are planned before that feature will be coming to the product.
You might want to look at Fusion 360, Carvco, Vectric and others if you need 3D relief carving ability today.
Vcarve is not available yet, so 3D is likely a ways down the road.
At this time, MillMage is only 2.5D and you are looking for full 3D operation.
I have no idea if 3D is even on the drawing board.
We definitely have dreams, we’re machinist nerds just like the rest of you, but for this piece of software, that functionality is waaaaaaay down the line, if ever. There’s a biiiig list of dreams, and we have to prioritize those that affect the core functionality for the vast majority of users first.
Keep those desires coming - we definitely want to hear them!
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I know there’s feature suggestions, but I think it would be nice if devs. would interact more with forum and have discussions and input on new features and just involve users a little more.
Our devs chime in as much as they are able! Far more than most similar software enterprises, in my opinion.
As our team has grown, the signal to noise ratio has changed dramatically, and we rely on Fider for this reason. There was just too much coming down the pipe to make anything stick, so we had to implement the system to keep things from getting lost. There’s been a huge push to get through LBX, and now that that has come to a close, we’re going to recover and accelerate!
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