# Ideas for non cad users

**URL:** <https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [March 4, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717 "2023-03-04T03:43:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Joatmon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.arcdroidcnc.com/joatmon/32/1201_2.png) [@Joatmon](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/Joatmon)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 3:43am UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717/1 "2023-03-04T03:43:19Z")

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Be nice to be able to cut letters in simple trace like we do shapes . What ya’ll think.

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**Author:** ![Amp\_Mechanic\_JB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@Amp\_Mechanic\_JB](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/Amp_Mechanic_JB)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717/2 "2023-03-04T13:41:25Z")

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Print some off, trace them, save them.

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**Author:** ![Devin604](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Devin604](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/Devin604)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717/3 "2023-03-05T04:33:05Z")

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As a new fusion 360 user, it’s easy enough to use a font in there and put it on the usb stick

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**Author:** ![Joatmon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.arcdroidcnc.com/joatmon/32/1201_2.png) [@Joatmon](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/Joatmon)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 9:11am UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717/4 "2023-03-05T09:11:08Z")

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Devin i have never used 360 don’t know any thing about cad and my mind ain’t as sharp as it once was for learning almost 70 years old

Thanks Anthony  
YouTube@ ragsdalecreekworkshop  
Where fabrication is stress relief.

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**Author:** ![Andrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.arcdroidcnc.com/andrew/32/52_2.png) [@Andrew](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/Andrew)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717/5 "2023-03-05T16:45:55Z")

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Hey @Joatmon

yup Letters are in the plan…problem is they are mathematically quite complex and they chew up a ton of memory that we don’t really have in the ArcDroid

we’ll let you know if/when we get it sorted.

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**Author:** ![BobD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BobD](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/BobD)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717/6 "2023-03-05T17:47:07Z")

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@Andrew Would a very simple single line font be easier to implement? Would be perfect for marking/gouging tip “engraving”

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**Author:** ![Devin604](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac8455/32.png) [@Devin604](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/Devin604)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717/7 "2023-03-05T19:17:15Z")

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Could always ask someone here to help you with a font and send it to you!

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**Author:** ![BonanyWelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@BonanyWelding](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/BonanyWelding)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717/8 "2023-03-06T01:56:22Z")

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That would be so awesome Andrew! I’m saving for an arc droid right now, and I would love to see that in the future! Would it need to be an update on future machine’s memory space? Or the release of a different model with higher memory space?

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**Author:** ![ChrisRawlins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@ChrisRawlins](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/ChrisRawlins)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717/9 "2023-03-06T05:36:29Z")

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Would it be possible to program Arcdroid to read USB drive for certain jobs that need specific programming instructions EG: Lettering & fonts.

The arcdroid is limited buy memory so USB may be able to supply extra by using a section for that instruction.

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**Author:** ![Andrew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.arcdroidcnc.com/andrew/32/52_2.png) [@Andrew](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/Andrew)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717/10 "2023-03-06T14:41:27Z")

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@ChrisRawlins Actually not that kind of memory… internal RAM. The stuff used for calculations not storage.  
These things are all in the works…they just take time.

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**Author:** ![Joatmon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.arcdroidcnc.com/joatmon/32/1201_2.png) [@Joatmon](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/Joatmon)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 4:45am UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717/11 "2023-03-26T04:45:27Z")

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Talking about ram is there any way to add an (exterior or internal) ram memory expansion in the future, that would be awesome

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**Author:** ![Wrightracing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/edb3f5/32.png) [@Wrightracing](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/Wrightracing)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717/12 "2024-06-28T04:51:56Z")

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One software update could possibly be the allocation of Virtual RAM memory from a USB drive or just a Ram module replacement like laptop computer’s run.

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**Author:** ![Jdd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/db5fbb/32.png) [@Jdd](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/u/Jdd)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.arcdroidcnc.com/t/ideas-for-non-cad-users/1717/13 "2024-06-28T14:54:18Z")

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Here is what i use [Stencilfy](https://stencilfy.onrender.com/) to make my letters than save to svg then covert that file with [CloudConvert](https://cloudconvert.com/).
