Carvect™Chapter 1
Getting started
Making an account, downloading and installing Carvect Pro, the trial, buying a license and getting it onto your computers, and keeping the application up to date.
User manual
The Carvect Pro manual.
Everything the application does, in the order you meet it: installing and licensing, the workspace, setting up a job, drawing, 3D models, every toolpath, the simulation and the G-code. Written for version 3.6.2 on Windows and macOS.
Download the PDF 2.0 MB Read it on one page Quick start
New to it? The Quick start takes one part from an empty screen to G-code in a few pages. This manual is the reference behind it.
Chapter 2
The workspace
The Home page, the ribbon and its four stages, the panels either side, the 2D and 3D views, projects and files, preferences and the built-in help.
Chapter 3
Setup
The machine, the piece of stock, the cutters and the materials. Everything later in a job is measured from what is entered here, so it comes first.
Chapter 4
Design
Drawing and importing the shapes the toolpaths will follow, and editing, arranging and checking them.
Chapter 5
3D models
Bringing in an STL model, turning it face up, sizing it, deciding how deep it sits in the stock, and slicing a model too tall to cut in one piece.
Chapter 6
Toolpaths
How a toolpath is made, the settings every one shares, each 2D, carving and 3D strategy in turn, and managing the list of operations.
Chapter 7
Previewing before you cut
Watching the job carve on screen, taking the waste away to see the part, and the checks worth running before the file goes to the machine.
Chapter 8
Output and the first cut
Writing the G-code file, what the export window offers, double-sided jobs, and running a new job safely at the machine.
Chapter 9
Problems and shortcuts
What to check when something does not work as expected, how to reach us, and the keyboard shortcuts.