Installed a project and can't find the Project Sheet?

A question we seem to get often is:

"I can't find the Project Sheet for the project I just installed.  Where did it go?"

The answer is on the FAQ page but we felt it deserved it's own Shop Notes post... so here it is.

If you are using the Vectric Installer than anything that is included in the project will be installed into the project directory.   That is located in the Vectric clip-art folder under the specific project's name. You will need to use your Windows Explorer to navigate to the folder to see it. 

If you have downloaded a zip file than anything that is included in the project will be installed into the folder where you have chosen to unzip the file. 

Hope that helps.

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The Design and Make/CNCProjects Team

VCarve Pro users this post is for you!

We are very excited about Vectric’s recent new release of VCarve Pro version 8. Previously only Aspire users could work with our projects but one of the major new features for VCarve is the ability to import multiple 3D models in their V3M file-format. As all our projects are available as V3M’s and so anyone upgrading to VCarve Pro version 8 will be able to work with any of our designs in the software! You can read more about the new release, watch videos (including one on how to assemble clip-art) and download a free trial version to check out the new features from this page on the Vectric website: What’s New in VCarve Pro V8. For our Aspire using customers you also have some excellent new tools available in the upgrade too: What’s New in Aspire V8.

Along with this new release Vectric have also added the VCarve Desktop edition, this is perfect for anyone with a smaller light-duty machine looking to add some serious design and machining capability at an affordable price, best of all this can also import and assemble any of our projects too! You can read about the full VCarve range of software here:  http://www.vectric.com/products/vcarve.html

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The Design and Make It Team

Home for the Holidays No.4 – Free!

Our friends over at Vectric have been creating a great series of blog posts they call "12 Projects of Christmas".  If you are a reader of the Vectric Labs blog you will have noticed that they are on number 9... and that's us!!!

We were asked if we would like to contribute a free mini-project to the series... and of course we did.  Today, if you have Aspire, you can download Home for the Holidays No.4 completely free!  5 models, 1 finished layout ready for your CNC and a set of snowflake vectors ready for v-carving.  We think that's a pretty good early Christmas present.

Finished example and this layout is offered for free to Aspire 4.5 users on the Vectic Labs blog!

 

The guys and gals at Vectric took the mini-project and came up with this great layout and documented how it was done.  All of that great information is included in the blog post ready for you to consume like a Christmas shortbread cookie!

Yummy!!!! 

This mini-project contains the following 5 models:

  • Candy Cane
  • Holly No.1
  • Globe No.1
  • Snowglobe Base No.1
  • Ornament Top No.1

This is just like any of our other mini-project offerings so you will find a project sheet with some nice inspiration.  Below are a couple of layout ideas using the Old English font and the project sheet from the free vector snowflakes (also offered on the blog post). 

This mini-project is primed for holiday hacking!  Add in models from any of our other Home for the Holiday mini-projects or clip-art form your own library to really make an impression!

Click the banner below and you will be taken to the official Vectric Labs blog where you can read all about this free mini-project and what it took to make Vectric's very festive layout!

Be safe and let the chips fly!

The CNCminiProjects Team