Designer – Modeling Suite – Revolve Tool
The Revolve Tool, available in the Modeling Suite, allows for defining a profile and revolving that profile shape around a circle.
Modeling Suite
Add-On Apps
Modeling Suite
Designer – Modeling Suite – Puffing Tools
The Puffing Tools, available in the Modeling Suite, are useful 3D modeling tools for quickly defining dimension to drawn shapes.
Modeling Suite
Designer – Modeling Suite – Sweep With Rails
Sweep with Rails, available in the Modeling Suite, is a powerful 3D modeling tool that allows for the creation of many dynamic shapes.
Drawing Suite
Designer – Drawing Suite – Tracing Image
The tracing image tool, available in the Drawing Suite, allows you to import and image onto the board in Designer to be used for tracing.
Vcarve Suite
Designer – Vector Group – Vcarve Suite
The Vector Group feature, included in the Vcarve Suite, allows users to create vector pockets two different bits for the edge and interior area of vector shapes.
Sculptor
Sculptor 2 – 2D Editing Tools Overview
Sculptor 2 includes a set of basic 2D editing tools. The 2D view adds another dimension to the powerful capabilities of Sculptor. There are a set or selection tools for selecting areas for masked editing. These include a rectangle, circle, and polygon drawing tools as well as a magic wand. Use the 2D brush, fill,
A/B/C Tips and Tricks, Drawing Suite, Modeling Suite
CarveWright Tips & Tricks – Making a Weave Pattern
This video, by CarveWright user Steve Nelson, demonstrates how to make a weave pattern using Designer 3 with the Modeling suite and the Drawing Suite.
Sculptor
Importing STL’s with Sculptor
There are many 3D models already prepared for CNC available as STL files all over the internet. The best way to import these ready to carve STL files is with Pattern Sculptor. Open Pattern Sculptor and click on the logo in the top left corner to access the file menu. From the file menu, select
Sculptor, STL Slicer
Invalid or Corrupted STL File
Description of Issue When trying to import an STL file with the STL Slicer or Pattern Sculptor, it fails and reports “Invalid or corrupted STL file”. Possible Causes Most likely the STL file has conflicting ascii and binary encoding signatures. Resolution Steps The issue can be fixed with the free program Meshlab. First, open the