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- Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire4 min read
Why is my bit digging into my material during the roughing pass on a 3D carve?
Reset the preview, then preview the roughing toolpath on its own.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Why is there a thin lip or rounded flange left around the bottom edge of my 3D or double-sided part?
A ball nose bit cannot make a sharp inside corner at the bottom of a slope.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire3 min read
How do I run the same job on two different machines without mixing up posts, feeds and tool numbers?
The software keeps a list of machine configurations. Three things hang off each one:
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
How do I lay out evenly spaced flutes across a flat panel? (Fluter Gadget)
The Fluter Gadget draws the vectors for a fluted flat panel from a handful of dimensions.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
My imported drawing is the wrong size. How do I scale it to match a real measurement?
Imported vectors are read in at the size and scale they had in the original program.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Laser focus height and Z on a router: what does the software control and what do I set at the machine?
Focus is a hardware distance between the lens and the work. The software has no focus field.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
How do I draw a spiral vector? (Spiral Creator gadget)
The drawing tools include circles, arcs and curves, but the official manual has no spiral drawing tool.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Why won't my 3D file open (STEP, V3M, STL) and which 3D formats can I actually import?
Two different things get reported as "my 3D file will not open".
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Why do I get "Model thickness exceeds material thickness" when I calculate a toolpath?
The combined 3D model in the job is taller than the material Thickness in your job setup, so there is no way to fit it inside the block.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Which post processor do I use for a Shapeoko running Carbide Motion, and how do tool changes work?
Recent versions of the software list two choices for these machines: one named Shapeoko and one named Carbide Motion ATC.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Which post processor do I use for a Sienci LongMill or AltMill with gSender?
Sienci's post processor chart lists grbl (mm) for VCarve and Aspire.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire3 min read
I resized a 3D model and now it is too tall, too flat, or lost its detail. What changes when I scale a model?
Four things move when a model changes size, and only the first is obvious.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire3 min read
Which V bit angle should I use for a V inlay: 90, 60, 30 or 15 degrees?
A V bit cuts wider as it goes deeper. A narrow part of the design can only be carved as deep as its width allows for that angle.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire7 min read
How does the Distort Object tool work, and how do I use it to bend vectors and 3D components along curves or onto a circle?
Distort Object bends and warps vectors or components by manipulating a distortion envelope around them, using the standard node editing tools.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire3 min read
Why won't the software save several tools into one file, and how do tool change commands get into my G-code?
On the Save Toolpaths form, Visible Toolpaths To One File only works when every selected toolpath uses the same tool, or when the chosen post processor is set...
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
How do I add a new font, preview my fonts, or figure out which font I used on an old project?
The software does not have its own font library to import into.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
Which post processor do I use for an OpenBuilds machine with a BlackBox controller?
OpenBuilds publishes its own post for this software, written for OpenBuilds machines running Grbl 1.1.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire3 min read
How do I plan a 3D relief before I start modeling, so the pieces go together in the right order?
The model in the 3D View is built by combining every visible component from the bottom of the Component Tree to the top.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire3 min read
Where can I get more gadgets beyond the ones that came with the program, and how do I judge one before installing it?
The official gadget library. The developer page says it carries both gadgets written by the software maker and gadgets contributed by other users.
Kinetic Carvingupdated - Answered by the shopVCarve Pro & Aspire2 min read
What does "The selected vectors may contain overlaps or intersections" mean, and can I ignore it?
Before calculating, the software checks the vectors you selected.
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