Vectric Customer

I make a small lid for a box that I create by pocketing 3/4" board to t/2 (nominally 3/8") . Then I put some lettering on it with a 30° engraving bit. The lettering was developed with text, but converted to curves so I could edit a few nodes. Then I group the vectors, carve "on-the-line", with a sta...

Getting that cut out without breakage overshadows the use of the roundover bit. Amazing.

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Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:05 pm

Something like this....

Wow, I bet the cut time on that texture is way north of long.

If you have Vcarve you don't need Carbide Create from Carbide3D. Each program does about the same thing, only Vcarve does it so much better and easier. Once you've created your toolpaths in Vcarve, you must save them as GCODE. That gcode file is then what your Shapeoko will use to cut your toolpaths...

How did you know I was just looking for that last week? Thank you!

I've been using the "+0.250" or "-0.250" trick to get the right direction for fitting fixture tolerances!

Actually, I think it is just as easy to right-click on the grouped item. There you find an ungrouping choice to make.

... it's just a diversion .... ...Seems to me that someone inside the aforementioned company might not want to admit that they screwed up a whole bunch of users and might be much happier letting the software company take the heat . People have been known to do that from time to time. Just sayin.......

... It is just the way these things work. A fast look at the humongous list of posts makes it pretty clear that Vectric is not making changes to posts unless they are provided by either the machine company or someone using the machine in some quasi official manner, like a dealer, retailer, etc. I d...

.... If it changed in v10.5 it's probably because Shapeoko changed it, not Vectric. Vectric just passed it along.... ...Vectric did not do "something" to the PP "along the way". The machine companies alter the post and provide it to Vectric to be included with the release of software. The machine c...

I was a little envious of your Stinger II, but then I read that it is possible for it to "sing, dance, and impersonate Elvis!" Yikes!

You are doing things the right way ... one variable at a time.

Amazing. What did you write, Jan?

Offhand, I'd say set the pass depth on your tool for that toolpath. That's what I do for Vcarve toolpaths to get multiple passes.

What I was referring to was the small edge Vee around the profile. Perhaps this was intentional? Not trying to be picky; just interested.

What features of a finished product would indicate what software was used to create that product?

Ditto on what others have posted! I really thought you were somehow over-carving a cast piece. FYI, (not to take away from your art) that Vbit cut on-the-line around the perimeter could use a bit of offset to the outside (or the point is broken). I noticed because that started happening to my cuts. ...