I notice it is an active website, but there is no date on the most recent version (not a real change log) and a lot of forum posts get closed without response. Is FlatCAM the current recommendation or will Carbide Copper continue to be developed?
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It’s still going to be developed. We need to dedicate some time to it in the near future.
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Thanks for the reply. With some simple tweaks (like making proper drill files), this would be a great application that would be worth paying for.
If you have wonky files, please post them here for testing
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The files I have are a bit large, and I do not think that my customer would be comfortable releasing them. So I will try to make a minimum example showing a problem. But I have also identified the problem with the drill table on my file in the process. The Excelon drill file was created by KiCad. It appends a T0 at the end of the file before the M30. This seems to confuse CC. Removing the T0 seems to result in a usable drill table.
Once identified, it is straightforward to modify the .drl file, so this is not a job killer. But since KiCad is relatively common, it would be convenient if CC did not choke on the T0.
This is a potential point of confusion, since most folks mean Carbide Create when we say “CC”.
I would put forth that we should use CCu for Carbide Copper, or maybe just “Cu”.
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Hi Rob, this forum doesn’t like my filetypes (zips of gerbers, Eagle files:.sch, .brd and CAM files), I found that the 2 layer CAM file from OSH Park seems to correctly import drills. Also, I cannot get the layer 20/dimension layer to import using either of these.
I will send some files to support@carbide3d.com, I hope that is OK? I’ve mentioned Rob/Will’s names in the “to” line of the email.
Yours,
DaveW
This and a number of other bugs have been posted to the CCu section but nobody has latched on and there haven’t been any updates for ages. Most big s/w vendors make release notes which show what has changed but also what is still on the backlog as a known issue. I would really encourage C3D to do that. It doesn’t need to be an embarrassment, rather it helps people not to stumble on known issues and alert them to workarounds.
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