As unbelievable as it may seen, I've actually published an update for Trebuchet for Windows, Linux, and OS X on sourceforge. The update is not available for auto-update, as that system is problematic for various file permissions reasons ( Read more... )

Last night I hooked up a Teensy++ micro-controller, running my G-code interpreter firmware, up to a stepper motor driver and stepper motor from Makerbot, powered by an ATX power supply. I ran some g-code from my CAD through it ( Read more... )

Well, converting from simple boolean geometry code to Compound boolean geometry code wasn't quite as simple as I first thought. BUT, it wasn't too bad either. Basically, you just have to do the same inside/outside/shared/unshared tagging that you do with simple paths, and apply it to all subpaths as well. There's some fiddly bits about making ( Read more... )

I've been working on getting my CAD/CAM program up to snuff with basic stuff like, oh, Grouping/Ungrouping objects, and getting SVG import/export working. Part of this has gotten me to revisit some code that I had stopped working on out of frustration ( Read more... )

Here is a screen-shot (in Safari3) of my scicalc web app I wrote for the iPhone.


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