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Added fillet capability

Sun, 09 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I'm happy to announce the new fillet feature! Now you don't have to do your own trig and geometry to add fillets to your drawings. There are two types of fillet functions that have been added: traditional fillet and CNC-specific dogbone fillets.

Intermediate Drawing documentation is live

Sun, 19 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Makers,
Another chapter of documentation is ready! Check out Intermediate Drawing, which will walk through the next level of drawing concepts with plenty of examples and JSFiddles that you can experiment with. This doc concludes with the simple yet powerful technnique of modifying "foreign" models.

A laser cut business card

Sun, 12 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

I recently attended the 2015 CascadiaFest conference. It was an inspiring event with great talks and great folks. I wanted generate some interest around Maker.js, so I thought I'd "print" up a few business cards. If you were at the conference, maybe you got one of these:

In case you can't tell, I themed this business card like a toy model car kit - the kind where you break away the plastic pieces. I used the current model code for the logo and I needed to create a whole new stencil font to add the URL you see in the picture. The font is incomplete, and only has the letters for "makerjs.org" but its a good start, and ripe for contributors to jump in ;-)

Head over to the demos page and look for "card" in the dropdown and customize your own version.

Basic Drawing documentation is live

Sun, 05 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Makers,
I've just wrapped up some documentation on Basic Drawing. There are many simple walkthroughs, code examples, and hands-on demos using JsFiddle. Please take a look, I guarantee it will be worth your time - at the end, you'll know how to create your own skateboard deck!

Thanks Microsoft!

Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000

A big thank you goes out to the Microsoft Garage for the inspiration and encouragement to get Maker.js out here into the open source world. Shout outs go to Ed Essey, Jeff Ramos, and Anne Legato for the support and the great news article that features a too-large picture of myself.

What can you do with Maker.js?

Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Here's an idea to get you started thinking about the kind of stuff that Maker.js would be well suited for: Laser Cutter Joinery

Hello world

Mon, 29 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Maker.js is launched :)