Tutorial 3.2 – My First Sign (Old Designer)
How to design a basic sign and optimize it for carving.
Designer 1, Designer 2, Designer 3
SOFTWARE
A/B/C Tips and Tricks, Designer 1
Carving Lithophanes
Lithophane’s are some of the most popular things made with the CarveWright System, and one of the easiest to make too!. Use these tutorial resources to learn how to make these amazing carvings. When you are ready to make your own Lithophanes, purchase the material from the CarveWright online store. In Chapter 2, page 128
A/B/C Tips and Tricks, Designer 1, Designer 2, Designer 3
Using the Grid in Designer
You may have noticed in another article or video where there was a grid of “squares” on the board surface. This is a really nice feature to help you layout objects with a degree of precision. The Grid can be viewed/turned on by selecting “View/Toggle Grid Lines” from the Designer menu. By default, the grid
A/B/C Tips and Tricks, Designer 1, Designer 2, Designer 3
Backing-Up Your Favorites Folder
Backing-Up Your Favorites Folder It’s always a good idea to back-up important files so that you can recover from “unexpected events” concerning your computer. We can’t even count the times we’ve had customers call in after their computer crashed and they lost all the patterns they spent hours making themselves. All those patterns that you create
Designer 1-3 Archive, Designer 4, Designer 5
Depth and Height Tools
DEPTH The adjustment of depth and height are essential tools for fine tuning your designs in Project Designer. These tools allow the creation of more intricate layering of patterns to create more visual interest in the design. Depth is describing the lowest level, or the base, of the carving, pattern or element. Most patterns, when
STL Slicer
STL Won’t Import (Runtime Error!)
Description of Issue When trying to import an STL file with the STL Slicer, it fails and reports a Runtime Error!. Possible Causes Most likely the STL file is too large. Because the importer is designed to slice up the model and allow for multiple undo’s, the memory allotment only allows for models under a
A/B/C Tutorials, Rotary Jig, Rotary Software
Rotary Lithophanes
The CarveWright Rotary Jig can be used to create unique lithophanes using common PVC plumbing pipe. The results are impressive! Now you can create unique lithophanes that most people have never seen before. Rotary_PVC_Lithos_Tutorial This was also covered in a Build Blog article here.
Vcarve Suite
Vcarve Suite Tutorials – Conforming Vectors
House Number Sign Project – This project uses the basic drawing tools, grids & snap to grid, constraints, Centerline Text, copy & paste, flip & rotate, creating a closed regions & staying under the rollers.Fall Leaves – This project uses advanced software DXF Layout, Centerline Text and Conforming Vectors from the Vcarve Suite, and the
Pattern Editor
Pattern Editor Tutorials
CarveWright Pattern Editor Overview of the main features and functions of the Pattern Editor. Pattern Editor – De-noise & Quantise Brief tutorials for the “De-Noise Filter” and the “Quantize Filter” for a better understanding of what these filters are useful for. Pattern Editor – Episode III An overview of several updated tools in Pattern Editor.
Sculptor
Pattern Sculptor Tutorial – Bas Relief Tools
This tutorial covers the use of the bas relief tools in Pattern Sculptor.