Cadivari journal

Durable tools for design and machining

Product thinking, practical workflows and development notes from the workshop.

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Release notes11 Sep 2026

0.3.0 From solid model to toolpath

Bring your CAD bodies into CAM. Select faces, rough in layers, finish curved surfaces and see what stock remains.

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02
Release notes10 Sep 2026

0.2.0 Better sketches in fewer steps

Now available for Windows: selectable sketch regions, multiple-region extrusion and the new Trim tool.

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03
Principles26 Aug 2026

Why local-first CAD matters

A durable design tool should not need to ask a remote server for permission to open yesterday’s work.

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04
Workflow18 Aug 2026

One idea from sketch to toolpath

Associativity is most valuable when it removes translation work between drawing, modelling and machining.

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05
Specialist tools09 Aug 2026

Deep craft tools without a walled garden

Why rosette and fretboard designers belong inside a broadly useful CAD/CAM platform.

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