CarveWright Designer wishlist

[bergerud]

Yes Bud, that's what I do. Anyway, the original wish of cestout was for and easy cross section feature. This is a perfect example of a feature with would be easy to implement but has not been done. All the programmers have to do is automate features which already exist. The board edge display and the board width features are already there.

I still want to hear of any examples of where the wish list has produced a wish come true.

[henry1]

Perhaps you are asking about something like this.
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You would happen to have a 2 side saddle or english saddle

[AskBud]

You would happen to have a 2 side saddle or english saddle

Sorry, Not me!
Bud

[AskBud]

Yes Bud, that's what I do. Anyway, the original wish of cestout was for and easy cross section feature. This is a perfect example of a feature with would be easy to implement but has not been done. All the programmers have to do is automate features which already exist. The board edge display and the board width features are already there.

I still want to hear of any examples of where the wish list has produced a wish come true.

I'd say the CarveTight (CT)Chuck would be an example. The easy things take just a while, the impossible takes a while longer. I would think every error and every question gets its share of consideration and, possibly, a place on the bucket list (albeit far down, in some cases). I'll bet that frequently gets stirred from time to time and many of the "fixes" have been mentioned some where on the wish list at one time or another.
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[fwharris]

fwharris: Thank you. But is conforming vectors really an example? Who suggested it I wonder? Interesting example though since it was probability difficult to implement and it became a money making add on. Are there any more examples?

jaroot: I just change the board width to smaller values and see the cross section right away. Sometimes I have to move things near the edge.

Conforming vectors was implemented to resolve the issue of not being able to put centerline text into a carve region. I know there were a lot of carvers asking/begging for this with several using a work around of doing 2 different carves. First carve for the region area then second carve with a jog to touch into the region. Agree that it was probably a good amount of programing time to implement it and the reason for it being a pay for feature.

[bergerud]

I understand the conforming vector thing. It was important for sign making which is big. It is the little things I wonder about. Little changes which would take very little to implement yet do not seem to happen.

For example, let me add on the the list: I would like to be able to change the names of objects in the carving list. When you click on a name, it turns blue like in any windows program, but, when you type in a new name it does not take. It would really be nice for organizing complicated lists. The implementation of this would be trivial since it is already part of the windows object properties. Will it happen?

[RMarkey]

Many suggestions have been implemented in both the designer and the machine. Software and hardware changes as well.

For example:

many new bits
increased speeds/more efficient carving
better quality rasters
many pattern editor improvements
improved carving priority/order
definable tabs/selectable cut depths
assistance for the blind
improved documentation/videos
CarveTight
CO2 Cars
STL/DXF
Pattern/project licensing & store
etc.

You suggestions are always welcomed and influence our direction as we move toward the future!

[AskBud]

I understand the conforming vector thing. It was important for sign making which is big. It is the little things I wonder about. Little changes which would take very little to implement yet do not seem to happen.

For example, let me add on the the list: I would like to be able to change the names of objects in the carving list. When you click on a name, it turns blue like in any windows program, but, when you type in a new name it does not take. It would really be nice for organizing complicated lists. The implementation of this would be trivial since it is already part of the windows object properties. Will it happen?

Try again!
In both the carving List, and the Pattern Library, you may change the name of items.
You highlight as normal, Right Click, and select the RENAME option. Type in your new name, and then press ENTER. The ENTER completes the process.
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[bergerud]

I stand corrected! Thanks Bud. It does work one way but not the normal windows way. (It still should be fixed!)

And thanks Metallus, we need to know someone is listening and considering what we suggest. It just seems at times that there are a lot of good suggestions and few get implemented.

[dltccf]

is LHR compiling a list from these suggestions? If so, then publishing that list here periodically and noting whether implementing them would be easy, moderate or hard along with whether they are under consideration for the next major or minor release would allow the users to give feedback (vote) on what should be priority.

Is there a list of planned features and proposed time frame for coming major and minor releases?