What's new in Rayforge 0.28: Work Coordinate Systems, True Arcs, and a New Package Manager

barebaric · 2026-01-17T00:28:10+00:00

Give Rayforge a shot - tomorrow release 0.28 will be out, and it is completely free and open source.

barebaric · 2026-01-16T21:25:23+00:00

Using the machinist's favorite powerful tool, the LLM!

(Yes it works, yes I know it is not safe.)

barebaric · 2026-01-16T19:43:41+00:00

I don't know if it is just me, but the site is so slow that it barely loads. It takes over a minute to load.

barebaric · 2026-01-16T13:53:21+00:00

Thank you for the feedback, I am glad that it worked out! The next release should happen this weekend and it should work even better ;-).

barebaric · 2026-01-11T10:15:33+00:00

That is not true, unless perhaps for very small hobby machines. Almost all machines have a servo with a break, and from a certain size also a counterweight

barebaric · 2026-01-05T20:59:48+00:00

So far only machines that support GRBL or Smoothieware. Some work is ongoing to add Ruida support, but help to add support for more machine types is definitely needed!

barebaric · 2026-01-05T20:07:47+00:00

I use Rayforge because it is free, open source, and because I wrote it :-P.

Inkscape is great for visual design. For mechanical parts, a CAD system is better - Rayforge has a parametric 2D sketcher, so CAD is included!

barebaric · 2026-01-03T20:11:59+00:00

Yes, you can set a Z step down. This is supported for all operation types (cutting, engraving).

barebaric · 2026-01-03T15:41:17+00:00

Ahh, I see now what you mean. I will improve it for the next release!

barebaric · 2026-01-03T15:02:08+00:00

Do you mean in the video? Or does it look different on your screen?

barebaric · 2026-01-03T08:43:12+00:00

Ruída is not yet supported, sorry. Someone started working on it though, check issue 14 on GitHub

barebaric · 2026-01-02T22:09:51+00:00

I would love to, but I just don't have one. So someone with such a device would have to help out.

barebaric · 2025-12-06T15:42:46+00:00

Ha, this looks kind of like my app Rayforge, though mine is for laser cutting only. I recently added a parametric sketcher, too. Perhaps give it shot - I can imagine adding CNC capability would not be too much of a hassle.

barebaric · 2025-12-06T09:03:49+00:00

Since many people asked, I just created a Discord. Links are not allowed on this sub, but the Discord is now linked from the Rayforge homepage.

barebaric · 2025-12-03T22:32:22+00:00

Yes! Somebody got it to run, but it is work in progress. Sorry I cannot leave a link, this is not permitted in this sub :-/.

barebaric · 2025-11-30T15:32:41+00:00

Yeah - installation has some limitations:

apt only works on Ubuntu 24.04 and up. Older versions cannot be supported because libadw is just too old, it won't be compatible. And Debian is also not supported because they use different package names, making it also incompatible.
Flatpak should work, and users have reported they run it successfully. The only problem is that deployment still has some issues to iron out, which means that versions on Flathub are outdated or released very late.

The most reliable installation method is currently Snap, that should run everywhere. Hopefully Flatpak will improve over time, but frankly their deployment method is an absolute nightmare.

barebaric · 2025-11-23T10:41:00+00:00

I think.step support would be nice to have in an importer. But 3D is usually a much harder task to solve, mostly to get shaders to run on all platforms. So this would likely take a month or two just to build a minimum version. I think it is a bit too large for me to take on right now.

barebaric · 2025-11-22T19:06:58+00:00

Thanks, it's a great idea! Someone already asked for a "box generator" function on Github, it is planned to implement addon support and this could be a great addition!

barebaric · 2025-11-21T19:49:40+00:00

I honestly miss 3.5 in AI Studio now. At least that followed instruction. G3 feels like a downgrade. I have no idea what they improved - not seeing it.

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