Embedded generators

[klattimer]

There are already python libraries for generating cool laser cutting things, e.g. https://github.com/florianfesti/boxes and https://github.com/lkesteloot/jigsaw

It seems that it would be fairly simple to create, at least at first, a basic UI for accessing the functions of libraries like this to provide an attractive feature set.

[knipknap]

Thanks for the feature request! I think this would be cool to have. I was thinking that things like this would be especially great to support the creation of material libraries in the app.

I am not sure yet if I would add this to the app directly, or if I would implement addon support first...

[klattimer]

Makes most sense to create an addon interface, and follow the cura path later.

That way you get the opportunity to perfect the interface before offering it up, which through minor changes would cause technical debt on the first adopters.

[knipknap]

Rayforge just gained a package manager and plugin support (#34), so this could now be implemented as an addon.

Docs: https://rayforge.org/docs/latest/developer/plugin-docs.html