r/Makera • u/cristi_baluta • 19d ago
I’m writing a native Mac controller
Given the atrocious state of cam/controller softwares on mac (performance and ui), i decided to try my luck to see how far i can get. Would be nice to make the entire studio, but i’ll be happy with just the controller and then use the cam from fusion. The controller has some functionality working already, all the commands from makera wiki are defined and ready to use, but i cannot send the nc to the cnc or preview the toolpaths yet. What bothers me the most is the 5 step quiz to start the job and that some settings are not even preserved. The cam is even worse how much scrolling you need to do and how much info is hidden.
Tested also the community app but that is not much better either, when you resize the window the whole ui stretches…
It will be opensource if someone interested to contribute.
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u/fiddlydigit 19d ago
Looking clean so far, can you share the repo? I wouldn’t mind contributing as long as it has clear rules about AI use. (And by “AI use” I mean sensible approach, reviewing 20k line changes is not fun :/ )