Enhanced Colour Simulation
Toolpath Panelling or Tiling is the ability break up a large design to machine in multiple sections. This effectively allows you to machine work that's larger than the physical dimensions of your machine bed.
Accessing The Reference Help Document
The Reference Help is our comprehensive written guide to all of Carveco's tools and features (basically, an instruction manual). Access the document from within your software by pressing F1, or alternatively go to Help > Reference Help on the main menu.
Accessing Inline Help
In this brand new addition to our Tips and Tricks, we take a look at our Inline Help, a fantastic tool for those learning the ropes, to help them learn what different tools are and how they operate. In this short tutorial, we show where to look to master the tools you're using, saving you...
Accessing Notes
Notes are a useful option that you can add to your projects to act as a reminder for yourself, or if you're sharing the project with colleagues or different parts of your business. You can also add notes to tools within the tool database, but tool notes such as these are only applicable to your...
Add a Border to Make a Model Larger
The Add Border function allows you to add additional material or work space onto your model. This is a great feature if you find yourself running out of space while designing. Any changes to the model size will preserve your origin point (datum) so make sure you adjust the origin if necessary and also recalculate...
Tool Database
The Tool Database is Carveco's included library of tools and global tool data. The database is fully customizable and allows you to edit, duplicate and create your own tools or groups of frequently used tools for your projects.
Backing Up The Tool Database
We recommend everyone saves copies of their work and their toolpaths, as otherwise if your file is corrupted, lost or accidentally deleted, you have a back-up to go to. With this handy tutorial, we prevent you from losing all your saved tools so far, saving you time in inputting them all over again if they're...
Profile
The Profiling Toolpath allows you to essentially Cut-Out or cut around a specified vector. You can use the profile toolpath to machine inside, outside, or along the boundary of selected vector and is ideal for cutting out letters and shapes from a material block.
Closing and Joining Vectors
As some toolpaths require closed vectors, the ability to close or join vectors is essential. In this quick Tips and Tricks video, we'll show you how simple it is to close vectors using a couple of different methods to ensure you get perfectly clean vector artwork for a trouble-free machining experience.
