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Re: Obsessed with Cuttle: Parametric CAD for prototyping, producing, and procrastin

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Post by tqs »

pbronez wrote: post #10
tqs wrote: post #4

I am one of the creators of Cuttle. It stems from my research building direct manipulation + programming environments like http://recursivedrawing.com/ and http://aprt.us/ From a programmer's perspective, you can think of Cuttle as a direct manipulation vector editor (like Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator) that can be driven with parameters and JS code where you need it. Unlike my previous research projects, this is a c…

It would be neat to have STL and STEP output for 3D printers.

Thanks for the suggestion! Yes, we should do this. I've been seeing more and more people use Cuttle for 3D printing (exporting a DXF, then bringing that into another program to extrude and output a STL).

Re: Obsessed with Cuttle: Parametric CAD for prototyping, producing, and procrastin

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Post by emmelaich »

Pedant alert. Learning curve is skill/time.

> with an exceptionally shallow learning curve

I'm used to long learning time to incorrectly described as steep, but I haven't seen shallow used as short.

Time to officially deprecate steep and shallow, and use short and long instead.

Re: Obsessed with Cuttle: Parametric CAD for prototyping, producing, and procrastin

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Post by cjbgkagh »

emmelaich wrote: post #12

Pedant alert. Learning curve is skill/time. > with an exceptionally shallow learning curve I'm used to long learning time to incorrectly described as steep, but I haven't seen shallow used as short. Time to officially deprecate steep and shallow, and use short and long instead.

“The common English usage aligns with a metaphorical interpretation of the learning curve as a hill to climb.” Wikipedia

Both steep and shallow work in this context

Re: Obsessed with Cuttle: Parametric CAD for prototyping, producing, and procrastin

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Post by emmelaich »

cjbgkagh wrote: post #13
emmelaich wrote: post #12

Pedant alert. Learning curve is skill/time. > with an exceptionally shallow learning curve I'm used to long learning time to incorrectly described as steep, but I haven't seen shallow used as short. Time to officially deprecate steep and shallow, and use short and long instead.

“The common English usage aligns with a metaphorical interpretation of the learning curve as a hill to climb.” Wikipedia Both steep and shallow work in this context

Maybe the fault such as it is belongs to the original coiner.

Should've been time/skill not skill/time.

Re: Obsessed with Cuttle: Parametric CAD for prototyping, producing, and procrastin

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Post by leoedin »

I was briefly a member of a makerspace with a laser cutter - and it was brilliant! The ratio of effort to results was far better than any other CNC tools I’ve used.

But then COVID and moving house put an end to that. I’d love to recreate something similar at home - but at a budget.

Does anyone have a low cost laser cutter that actually works? It seems like there’s an increasing number of Chinese ones out there, but quality and capabilities are unclear.

Re: Obsessed with Cuttle: Parametric CAD for prototyping, producing, and procrastin

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Post by throwaway2562 »

tqs wrote: post #4

I am one of the creators of Cuttle. It stems from my research building direct manipulation + programming environments like http://recursivedrawing.com/ and http://aprt.us/ From a programmer's perspective, you can think of Cuttle as a direct manipulation vector editor (like Inkscape or Adobe Illustrator) that can be driven with parameters and JS code where you need it. Unlike my previous research projects, this is a c…

Cuttle is v cool, congratulations! I had previously seen Apparatus and liked it, so I can clearly see the genetic resemblance now ;)

I’m wondering how many of you are on the team, and does it actually support you as a business yet? Even for a quite niche-y app Cuttle deserves to be better known, and higher-priced, imo.

Re: Obsessed with Cuttle: Parametric CAD for prototyping, producing, and procrastin

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Post by mtreis86 »

ajb wrote: post #17

Perhaps someone on this thread will know the answer to this: is it possible to make V shaped grooves with a laser cutter, or would they end up stepped?

Maybe. Many laser cutters are 3dof so there is no way to tip the cutter to a different angle. Find one with a couple extra axis and then sure.

Re: Obsessed with Cuttle: Parametric CAD for prototyping, producing, and procrastin

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Post by jononor »

ajb wrote: post #17

Perhaps someone on this thread will know the answer to this: is it possible to make V shaped grooves with a laser cutter, or would they end up stepped?

A laser cutter has no inherent depth control. But you can modulate the power, which depending on the exact laser+material combination will give varying depth. In "raster" mode it can be modulated continuous so smooth transitions/slopes are possible. But the exact effect will need to be tested on samples.

Re: Obsessed with Cuttle: Parametric CAD for prototyping, producing, and procrastin

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Post by RobotToaster »

ajb wrote: post #17

Perhaps someone on this thread will know the answer to this: is it possible to make V shaped grooves with a laser cutter, or would they end up stepped?

That would be a lot easier with a CNC mill/router and the correct shaped cutter.
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