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#VCARVE PRO SOFTWARE MANUALS#
* Installation DVD includes over 6 hours of high quality Video Training Tutorials + PDF Manuals and a 150 plus page Reference Manual Also, after I finish introducing you to the products I plan to recommend which products I would buy in what order if you are on a budget or if money was not a consideration. I think these programs are what most Makers would buy and use. I intend to spend most of this thread talking about Cut2D and VCarvePro along with a sprinkling of PhotoVCarve. You can create a #D bas-relief in Cut3D and then bring it into VCP, add VCarving letters and cut out a profile around the project or cut the project loose from the backer board. You can also take work created in any of the other Vectric programs and enhance them in VCP. It is easy to use and allows you to quickly do serious work, which in my opinion is the mark of good software.
#VCARVE PRO SOFTWARE PRO#
VCarve Pro ( VCP) has a great user interface that can be learned in just a few minutes. Essentially if you bought VCarve Pro you didn’t need the other programs (with the possible exception of Cut 3D for multi-sided cutting and slicing). VCarve Pro combined all the features of Cut 2D and most of the features of PhotoVCarve, added a whole suit of tools for VCarving and a few tools that are unique to VCarve Pro. * 3D Color and 2D wire frame toolpaths Previews shows exactly what the part will look like when machined. * Drilling with option for Peck drilling cycle. * The option to Ramp the cutter into the job is very important when cutting hard materials because it reduces the load on the bottom of the cutter. * Automatic calculation for Outside and Inside cutting when multiple shapes are selected. * Interactive Tab / Bridge placement to ensure parts are securely held in place when cutting from sheet material. Simply select the shapes and Cut2D compensates for the cutter diameter and shape. * Automatic cutter diameter compensation for toolpaths ensures parts are cut to the required size. * Profile Machining-running the cutter around the outside, inside or on the selected geometry, with the option to ramp the cutter into the material. * Pocket Machining with either raster or offset machining patterns, plus the option to ramp the cutter into the material. * Opens most industry standard 2D vector drawing formats DXF, EPS, AI & PDF file formats.
* Automatically converts CAD drawings and Graphic designs to GCode / CNC Toolpaths. In this project I used both PhotoVCarve and Aspire but you could substitute VCarve Pro for Aspire because we aren’t doing 3D carving. Vectric also offers bundles of products to save you money.
#VCARVE PRO SOFTWARE SOFTWARE#
These products each have a niche and are affordable solutions when you consider that most CAM software prices begin at $5000…… Vectric Design software software costs between $149.00 & $2000.00. After that they added several programs to their lineup including, Photo VCarve, Cut 2D, Cut 3D and Aspire (new flagship). Vectric kept developing their software and later released VCarve Pro. They offered a program called VCarve Wizard which simplified the design tasks of creating V-Groove carvings. I first heard about Vectric around 2004 on CNCZone.
#VCARVE PRO SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD#
If you want to get started in CNC I suggest you download a free demo copy of their software to see which ones best fit your needs. I bought a copy of every piece of their software. What I like about Vectric products is that they are easy to use and powerful. You can use VCarve Pro for the other elements. Unfortunately we will also need another program to create the other planned elements for the sign. I have several other Vectric products which will almost get the job done but PVC is best for this type of work. PhotoVCarve (PVC) is the only product in Vectric’s lineup which will do photo realistic engraving. To do the conversion work, I used a CNC Design Software program called PhotoVCarve from Vectric to create the toolpath from the image. However it takes skill and experience to get good repeatable results. When you do it right a photo VCarve can be amazing. Light pixel get shallow cuts and dark pixels get deep, wide cuts. A photo V-Carving is when a pointed router bit engraves into the surface of a sign at varying depths and widths based on how dark the pixels in the picture are. The reason we needed a photo image is so that it could be turned into a photo V-Carving.
In the last post I talked about taking a photo and doing some editing with Photoshop.
#VCARVE PRO SOFTWARE SERIES#
This is the third post of this CNC Sign Projects series and I promised to talk about the CNC Design Software I used.
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