I first heard about Vectric around 2004 on CNCZone. If you want to get started in CNC I suggest you download a free demo copy of their software to see which ones best fit your needs.
I bought a copy of every piece of their software. What I like about Vectric products is that they are easy to use and powerful. You can use VCarve Pro for the other elements. Unfortunately we will also need another program to create the other planned elements for the sign. I have several other Vectric products which will almost get the job done but PVC is best for this type of work.
PhotoVCarve (PVC) is the only product in Vectric’s lineup which will do photo realistic engraving. To do the conversion work, I used a CNC Design Software program called PhotoVCarve from Vectric to create the toolpath from the image. However it takes skill and experience to get good repeatable results. When you do it right a photo VCarve can be amazing. Light pixel get shallow cuts and dark pixels get deep, wide cuts. A photo V-Carving is when a pointed router bit engraves into the surface of a sign at varying depths and widths based on how dark the pixels in the picture are. The reason we needed a photo image is so that it could be turned into a photo V-Carving. In the last post I talked about taking a photo and doing some editing with Photoshop. This is the third post of this CNC Sign Projects series and I promised to talk about the CNC Design Software I used.
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