Merry Christmas from ArcDroid CNC (FIXED)

Hey folks! Just a quick note to thank you all for a fabulous year! ArcDroid has now shipped to 46 countries worldwide and we have more than 6,000 units in the field! It’s bigger and better than we ever hoped.

So I thought I’d drop a little Christmas gift on you all.

There is a new version of Simple Trace available Now!

Couple of really great new features!

New radius functions when tracing lines.

New favorites buttons in the “TUNE” menu so you can load your favourite settings.


And a whole list of improvements

  • Added option to change entry point on closed trace shapes

  • Fixed DXF segment combination missing some joins

  • Improved Kerf algorithm to work with many more edge cases

  • Made multiple shapes easier to edit: tap shapes while inside the Edit menu (previously had to exit Edit, tap new shape on Trace screen, enter Edit)

  • Added ability to load previous calibration from USB drive (hold calibration button)

  • Added Rename button when saving new trace

  • Fixed button clicking through some menus too fast

  • Fixed knob missing steps when turning too fast

  • Fixed occasional failure to run when pressing Start button (especially when X2 attached)

  • Fixed several bugs relating to arcs in G-CODE

  • Fixed tool offset switching incorrectly during a run

And we’ve added support for more languages including Polish, Dutch, Portuguese and Japanese.

​So get yours now from the support section of our webpage

Downloads – ArcDroid CNC

​I hope you all have great holidays and that your garages and shops are busy cutting and building cool stuff!

​Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Andrew Miller

CIO/ VP Development

2 AM Innovations Ltd. (HK)

www.arcdroidcnc.com

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Merry Christmas to Andrew and the Arcdroid Team!
The Corner Radius…
…Awesome Christmas gift!:+1:

Thanks for all your hard work and dedication to making an already amazing product even better!

I wish you and all your family a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Henry from Tennessee

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Thank you for the Christmas gift, I’ve already updated my Simple Trace, and firmware, and now I’m ready for a tutorial to show me how to use it. Where might I find one?

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Without you and your team being so dedicated to the Arcdroid world, where would we be? It has been an amazing ride so far and getting better.
On behalf of all Australian owners and users of your expertise and entrepreneurial genius :- SEASON’S GREETINGS and may the New Year bring you health and wealth.

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It’s not obvious to me how the favorites works. I set my parameters, name it 16 ga 25A. Do the same thing for 14 ga. When I try to load by touching the first favorite, it wipes everything, resets everthing to for example, feed is 8 ipm, pierce, clear, cut Z is zero, etc. What am I missing? My units are inches.

This is great news. Simple Trace has been just as big of a game-changer as was promised and this will step it up even more. Not to mention the other improvements that I’ve not even digested yet!

If anyone is undecided on purchasing an ArcDroid, rest assured that it is everything promised. Small footprint, “Simple Trace”, built-in pattern library, torch height compensation, ability to import DXF and G-code files and the knock-out punch, incredible customer support.

You will be creating right out of the box!

I installed the new firmware and I have the same issue with the settings favorites feature. My guess is that the software is storing the Inches per minute value without converting to mm. Then when you select the favorite it is converting the stored value from mm to Inches. So my 110 IPM is stored as 110 then when I select the saved value 110 is converted from mm to inches and my 110 becomes 4.33 IPM. If you use metric measurements you may be unaffected.

Here’s a link to a video clip of me doing just that. https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxK1CGXr8gUN1Abz_lKJomESa_qBI1l7Zt?si=6V6hXuMDxEx_ewN-

Full video of installing firmware and testing:

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Absolutely stoked that this update has come out. The new favourites menu is a great feature. I’ll now be able to save all my metal thickness settings so that I don’t have to refer to my hand written notes anymore haha. Such a great product! Merry Christmas and happy new year guys!

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FIXED IT!

New version 2024-12-31a available on the website now

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There are always bound to be problems, but the true test is how how Andrew and team respond. I went to bed with a ArcDroid problem and woke up to a solution. I wish it could always be this simple

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That’s exactly what I expected to happen. Thanks Andrew!

Got around to playing with some of the new features with the upgraded software. Practicing drawing arcs.https://youtu.be/MXpa7nN9Ffs?si=Bugv3zKCrc0fP_VO

Also installed the corrected update that had the error in Favorites, and it now works as intended

If anyone needs to scrub up on how to do the update. I’ve uploaded a new video on my channel. Cheers guys

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