CarveWright Designer wishlist

[dominulus]

The ability to import paths from either Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator, and to be able to control the depth of cutting with the carving bit in areas designated by paths that are filled with either black or white.

OR, the ability to recognize black-and-white bitmapped files as depth-specified areas within paths.

[dominulus]

-- quick key commands to select the pointer tool, magnifier, etc. (Or have I overlooked these?)

--automatic update (or prompt) for projects with patterns that have been modified and replaced in the library.

[liquidguitars]

automatic update (or prompt) for projects with patterns that have been modified and replaced in the library.

yes please mongo needs..

LG

[Dave-Carve]

The abilty to see how long a carve is going to take (in the programitself) So you dont need card to find out PAIN!!!!

[jbraman]

Not sure if its been said yet, but I would like to see better pattern management. Meaning that I can drag and drop patterns into categories I want, while in designer. The current system is pretty tough, ie..I can't group new designs into the categories under "basic".

[jwhllh55]

Not sure if its been said yet, but I would like to see better pattern management. Meaning that I can drag and drop patterns into categories I want, while in designer. The current system is pretty tough, ie..I can't group new designs into the categories under "basic".

I agree, it would be a lot easier to drag and drop. The option to make a new folder and drag and drop into it would help too.

Happy Craving..
John Hammett

[mtylerfl]

I agree, it would be a lot easier to drag and drop. The option to make a new folder and drag and drop into it would help too.

Happy Craving..
John Hammett

I am using version 1.120 - it has the ability to drag and drop patterns into categories (new folders) I create. Are you saying that you are not able to do that in version 1.126??

[kwyjibo67]

I was able to create a new category (right click on "Favorites" or one of its sub-categories and select "New"). This only works in the "Favorites" tree and its branches. To drag and drop between categories, the category must have at least 1 pattern in it. So if it is a new category, you need to import a pattern to that category before you can drag and drop to that category. A little cumbersome, but doable. You can't create new categories under the "Basic" tree (no menus pop when you right click). It would be nice to be able to create other categories on the same level as the Favorites and Basic categories, as well as being able to drag and drop into empty categories.

[twehr]

Not sure if its been said yet, but I would like to see better pattern management. Meaning that I can drag and drop patterns into categories I want, while in designer. The current system is pretty tough, ie..I can't group new designs into the categories under "basic".

The best way (currently) is to use the free CCW Pattern Organizer (see link in signature). It is a separate utility from Designer. You can:

• move installed patterns between categories,
• create categories,
• do backups,
• do restores.

Lots of good features that Designer is missing.

[cnsranch]

I've been using Tim's organizer for about a month - it's solved all my problems regarding grouping/deleting, etc. Works from your desktop as a seperate program, in my opinion, it does what the CW software should be doing already.

Give it a try, it's the bomb (sorry).