Anyone have problems with MakerCam not loading on the page correctly? I can only see a small portion of the work area at a time. Makes is impossible to use the software because I can’t see the windows when inputting the cutting numbers. This just started a couple of days ago.
makercam is a flash app, so check your flash setup.
David Lang
I had same issue. All the javascript libraries are attempted to be loaded using http while the main page is https. This is blocked by the browser because its not secure. I don’t know readily know a fix. I tried http://www.makercam.com but it redirected to https. This stuff isn’t my strong suit.
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Jatt, that looks to be working correctly. What is this URL?
it’s the most recent version of makercam, from the github page. i threw it up there for people to use because the makercam.com version has some bugs.
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Awesome, thanks! I looked for the GitHub project but couldn’t find it. You have a URL for it?
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My maslowmakercam link is running the version found at
which is a fork that fixes a crash / display issue in the latest version of
that fixes a bug in the metric code where metric gcode output had 6 digits after the decimal place, causing problems for software that was parsing it in the makercam.com version.
Unfortunately, with the imminent demise of flash, the developers don’t appear to be maintaining the project anymore, so I decided to upload it for people using the maslow who still desire to use it. @bar is working on a custom application that combines cad and cam for maslow users, and hopefully that will be finished before flash is completely eliminated from most mainstream browsers, but until he’s done with it, makercam is the easiest way for some people to get into basic cad/cam for use with their maslows 
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Has anybody tried Carbide Create with a maslow? Coincidentally it’s from Ed Ford’s new company although I don’t know if he’s worked on cc. Relatively simple cad/cam software that I’m using on the miniature 3018Pro in Mooselake south. Only issue I’m having is a lot of scrolling on the 1366x768 notebook, for example the save gcode button is below the scroll. No cloudy stuff, it runs on your pc, don’t know about fruity or *nix versions since only Win$$ here.
GrblGru looks interesting too, although it hasn’t worked up the todo list. It’s a configurable gcode visualizer with built in gcode generation.
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Hi All,
Anyone still having issues with Makercam?
I have flash enabled it looks like its ok but if you try using it its not working properly…
Thanks
my link still appears to work.
makercam is a file that runs entirely on your local machine, so you can download
it and run it anywhere.
If it’s not working for you, but is for others, it’s something in your browser
settings (very possibly an ad blocker)
David Lang
Yes I was wondering if it was browser based, but changing to a different browser didn’t do anything. I am new to all of this so it’s been making me scratch my head
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Hi David,
Makercam appears to be a browser based tool that allows you to download files to your local machine.
I have tried every browser and have all the latest versions. I can only get it to partly work as in the attached using Google Chrome but as you can see it only loads in around 10% of the top of the window and its virtually impossible to view and move the svg into place.
Perhaps old users have downloaded something in their cache that still enable is to work but it is NOT working for new users…
Please help?
Thanks
Amin
Superbender sent a link http://maslowmakercam.000webhostapp.com/ that apears to work, so looks like it does work.
Would recommend someone updating this link for new users
Why are you stuck on using makercam?
if it’s not working, it’s probably something in your browser related to flash,
but since that’s proprietary and loosing favor, you are going to have trouble
fixing it. Many people have had succes with downloading it and running it
locally (the website just hosts it, makercam is actually hosted many places, if
you look through the old threads you will see that maslow actually hosts it
somewhere)
but makercam is NOT required to use the maslow, it is only one of many possible
tools availble. I see people jumping through lots of file conversion hoops to
try and use makercam.
makercam is a pretty primitive CAM package, it works, but there are a lot of
things it doesn’t do, and it’s g-code is very inefficient.
the idea that makercam is needed to use the Maslow is probably THE most harmful
meme I’ve seen about the maslow
(if it works for you, keep using it, but if it doesn’t, shrug and pick something
else)
there are a lot of options, anything that can produce grbl compatible code
should work, off the top of my head:
kiri moto is another web based CAM program that’s free and will work
Fusion360 includes a MUCH better CAM package
etsicam is another package I just saw someone using (for the MPCNC not the
maslow, it should generate the g-code, and after calibration probably talk to
the maslow reasonably)
again, if makercam isn’t working, it’s almost always going to be something in
your browser that’s blocking it, but it’s not a very good CAM package, so if it
doesn’t work easily, instead of fighting it, spend your effort on something else
David Lang
It would be better to have someone make a tutorial on how to host the files
locally. I don’t know who is paying for the site you link to, or how long they
will be willing to do so.
Development work on makercam stopped several years ago, it’s running because
it’s not costing the author emough money to care about to leave up.
David Lang
@Bar, how is CAM on maslowcreate coming along?
David Lang
Slow but steady. It’s sort of the last step in the process so I keep getting close, then discovering something earlier which could be improved and going back to fix the earlier things. Steady progress though.
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remember the idea of the minimum viable product, once you get something that
works, even if barely, people can start using it and contributing fixes, but
until it becomes able to do even the most basic things, it depends entirely on
your efforts.
David Lang