Bridges or tabs, are small areas of material designed to hold your work in place while performing cut-out operations on a profiling toolpath. Carveco allows you to automatically add bridges or lets you manually control the number, placement, length and thickness of any bridges you wish to add. You can also edit the bridges you...
Creating Chamfers is a great way to add a decorative border to your design using the profile of an angled tool. Grooves are equally easy to create by simply designating a toolpath to follow a vector line.
Leads (or Lead In/Lead Out moves) are toolpath operations where the tool plunges into the material outside of the shape you wish to cut. This allows you keep any unwanted artefacts such as tear out, chipping or burning, positioned in your waste material and away from your final piece.
The resolution of your model determines the fidelity of any 3D work within Carveco; or in other words, the amount of fine detail that's preserved in your 3D work. When working in 3D there are many factors to consider, including the capabilities of your PC, the size of the physical part your making and the...
In this short video we'll be showing you how to use the Vector Drawing tools to create Vector lines and Vector shapes. Carveco's vector drawing tools can be used in both the 2D and 3D views. Vectors are the backbone of both design and machining within Carveco allowing you to define areas you would like...
In this new addition we take you through how to split a relief into sections! This is an especially useful tutorial for those short on time or space on their CNC machine, meaning you can machine your design to whatever suits you best! If you're wondering how to machine only part of your relief, then...
In this short video we'll be showing you how the Snapping tool can speed up the vector design process by allowing your cursor to quickly snap onto a point within your design.
Ramping is a toolpath option that allows you to gradually lower the tool into your material. This helps minimize the load on a tool at the start of a toolpath and can also help prevent any unwanted artefacts such as chipping, tearing or burning.
In this video we run through how to import and convert images into 3D Relief Models and 3D Textures.
