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.
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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.
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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.
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Designer – Pattern Along a Path
Pattern along a path allows you to draw a line or curved path and make patterns follow that drawn path.
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Designer Tutorial – Text Tools
Designer has powerful Text tools for creating typography in your carvings. It utilizes any TrueType fonts installed on your computer making it endlessly expandable. There are also 3 carving styles to choose from. Raster (3D carved), Outline (choose any bit), or Centerline (v-carved) which is part of the Vcarve Suite. The text tool also has
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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.
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Designer Tutorial – Pocket Region
The Pocket Region tool utilizes a selected bit to rout out a designated region (closed vector shape) at a single set depth to spiral in or out a pocket with no islands.
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Designer Tutorial 1.2 – My First Project Part 1
This tutorial covers the basics of laying out a simple project to get familiar with the user interface and essential tools.