EtslCam and F-Engrave issues

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Isn’t v-carve pro like $1000 bucks?

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650 but if you do much desktop version is half that sorry that still doesn’t help with the difference in f engraving and estlcambut th they bot imported as correct in min and in estlcam

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695 X190 MM imported both in MM and estcam setup in MM 6.35 MM holes

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Is this it?

https://www.vectric.com/free-trial/vcarve-desktop

Sounds like the free trial is too good to be true.

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It won’t output gcode if your going to do a lot of this I thought it was good enough to invest in. The preview is great the trial everything works till export try it see what you think

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okay let me get this straight it will do all it’s features and functions it just won’t export G-code?

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Yes except for the trial files you can do and work with they will export. You can use your own files but they cant be exported

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I was looking at their video tutorials and didn’t see anything on V-carve inlays. Are you familiar with that technique? The desktop version is $350. That might be a possibility if it will do v-carve inlays.

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This system works with other software also

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Dang Tim thanks a ton. This is all good stuff. I’m just about done building my CNC and now I’m trying to learn this CAM stuff so I can begin testing it. Thanks again for all your help.

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glad to help i used Estcam for a long time it is great software and does things very well but I like vcarve used it at the local community collage

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Is it fairly simple to learn?

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very easy to get the basics and the forum is almost as good as V1 not quite though it will be a lot more too

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Awesome… I just downloaded it and I’m going to spend my evening putzing with it.

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Damn Tim!! I had to go out with my son and when I got back you had fixed everything LOL :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Thanks buddy!

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Hope you had good family fun :smiley:

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So Tim,
In the tutorials they are using inches. Will the CNC cut in inches or do I need to do everything in MM?

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You can draw in whatever you like. The output from CAM needs to be in mm and mm/min. This is usually just a setting. You can even use inches in CAM. But the output gcode needs to be in metric. Marlin only understands mm.

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There is a post processor at the milling basics page at the bottom

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Thanks Jeff that’s exactly what I was wondering.

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Tim the trial version has a size limit of 25"x25". Does the paid version have an unlimited size?