Software query

[denmanmarine]

Hi all,

just working through getting started on our new machine. A couple of questions starting with an easy one.

1. All the SB tutorials deal with Partworks or Partworks 3d. The software I received with my machine was V carve pro shopbot edition which looks pretty similar to Partworks. Is this the program I should be using to create toolpaths?

2.Our design is done in Rhino 4 or 5. When exporting files as .dxfs, I normally export for the company we used to use (running a multicam) as Release 12 lines and arcs. When I try to import any of these files into V carve pro all I see is a blank sheet. I have tried CTRL-A to select any imported vectors then centre them on the sheet but nothing shows and the imported vectors are nowhere to be found. I changed my export settings to CAM Metric and this worked once and the vectors showed in Vcarve but a second file would not show at all.

Does anyone else use Rhino 4 or 5 and if so what export settings are you using that work with the Shopbot software?

Stumped

Andrew

[adrianm]

VCarve pro ShopBot edition is the latest version of Partworks, they just changed the name presumably because a lot of people didn't realise VCarve and Partworks were the same program.

The best place for tutorials is the Vectric support site (the developers of VCarve) at http://support.vectric.com

Cut3D (also from Vectric) is the same program as Partworks 3D.

The Rhino export issue comes up quite often on the main Vectric forum - http://www.vectric.com/forum

It might be worth a search on there to see if any of the solutions offered work for you.

I know there are a few shopbotters who post on both forums who have it working so hopefully one of them will be along soon with some exact instructions.