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Several Shopbotters have requested the update. I hope that I've responded to all of you. If you haven't received the update, please send me another email with "FreeDoors" as the subject. (My email...

It's been a long time since Bruce Clark and I worked together on FreeDoors. The program is still available on Bruce's website (http://home.centurytel.net/bwclark/).

Bruce wrote the GUI part which...

I've just finished an update for the FreeDoors/Doors program that Bruce Clark and I worked on (several years ago). The new version does a better job of generating code to produce parallel arches. ...

David,

I'm afraid that I have held off installing Vista, so I have no way of checking without getting to a Vista computer.

From your description, it looks like you might have a permissions...

Paul and Tom,

I just tried the program and it exported DXF files to the C:/Program Files/Doors/Files folder. I had no problem opening the resulting DXF files in AutoCAD LT. There are extra...

Here is the 'basic' way to make multi-panel doors that I've emailed to a few users:

The door program has no provisions for making multi-panel doors; however, you can fool it by laying out two...

Jeff,

It's good to read that you've had success with the programs. Bruce has done a fantastic job. His skill in writing code is simply phenomenal.

Just like everyone else, I do some...

Bruce,
We need to talk. My intention was to allow totally free use of the software to the Shopbot community, but possibly charge for those using non-sbp code.

Your G-code generator and DXF...

John,

Thanks for the feedback. I think that you've found a genuine bug. When I generated four doors, each 15 X 24 and then selected a 32 X 32 sheet of material, the program allowed four doors...

Jack (and many others),

Thanks for for saying thanks. Many of you have written me personally, with tales and descriptions of what you have built. In the world of free software, that is...