Final Verdict on Carbide CreateĬarbide Create is great offline software for beginners and simple woodworking operations. Carbide Create is free for all, but other software from Carbide 3D is only free for Shapeoko users.
Especially if they are using CNC routers from Inventables or other CNC machines that have GRBL controllers.Ĭarbide Create software is from Carbide 3D, makers of the Shapeoko CNC router range.
Final Verdict on EaselĮasel is a great choice for beginners and woodworkers who do simple 2D or 2.5D designs. If Easel suits your purposes, you will have CAD software, CAM software, simulator software, and control software all in one place – ideal for beginners or hobbyists who want a simple, stress-free CNC workflow.
There is also a paid version (Easel Pro) that has some extra features. Last edited by William Adams 01-09-2018 at 11:34 AM.It can handle 2D and 2.5D machining, but other useful features are limited to the paid version of the software.Įasel is developed by Inventables, makers of the popular X Carve CNC routers, and is a free all-in-one CNC software. I got a Japanese program free with a saw a while back, but found it very odd / confusing (as I do most of the ones above - the one which I have hopes of actually learning are solvespace, and I keep coming back to the idea of trying and learning and buying / licensing Moment of Inspiration which was designed for use with tablet computers and is supposed to be quite good). There's a list of pretty much all the free 3D CAD software on the Shapeoko wiki (w/ some commentary which I'll omit here): I've been using OpenSCAD and METAPOST, but that's more programming than design - I do the actual design work in Macromedia Freehand / Inkscape) - trying to work up a standard library of routines which will let me do joinery and so forth pretty much automatically, and make the designs parametric and changeable just by updating a text file.
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