The first beta of Rayforge 1.13 is here. This cycle is all about the moment your work enters and leaves Rayforge: opening almost any file your laser software might hand you, engraving it with a lot more control, and finishing the Rust GRBL migration. A lot of it came from the community.
A while back I ran a vote asking where I should focus next. You spoke clearly: sketcher improvements came out on top, CNC second, and a better 3D preview third.
This cycle delivered the sketcher work you asked for -- and I went ahead and built the better preview too, even though it wasn't the runner-up. (CNC folks: you're on deck.)
Rayforge 1.7 brings CO2 and fiber laser support, a Ruida driver, an experimental OctoPrint driver, a configuration wizard for GRBL devices, job sanity checks, a manual laser control dock, parametric text templates, and 15 new device profiles.
Rayforge 1.7 beta 2 brings a new safety net for your jobs, profiles for ten more popular laser cutters, and a significantly improved layer interaction experience.
Rayforge 1.7 beta expands hardware support to CO2 and fiber lasers, adds an experimental OctoPrint driver, brings template expressions to the sketcher text tool, and improves image processing accuracy across the board.
Rayforge 1.4 adds rotary axis support for cylindrical workpieces, direct vector import for PDF files with layers, a guided camera calibration wizard, and an improved sketcher with ellipse tools and smarter snapping.
Rayforge 1.3 brings bezier curve support to the parametric sketcher, a new unified path tool, more efficient G-code output, and moves the sketcher to an optional add-on.