Software to do vcarve inlay

[rac8006 (Ronald Clifford)]

Trying to research what software is available to do vcarve inlay. Since I won’t be doing a lot of inlay. I’d rather not spend hundreds of dollars on a software package.

[gdon_2003 (Guy Donham)]

Request the one year free Pro license for CC. Search the forum and find the article, make a login on their launchpad application and get an email back with the license. There is a tutorial on youtube about using the inlay in CC.

[Julien]

Do grab that Pro license while it’s free, but in fact the basic CC now has these “Advanced V-carve” toolpaths that will allow you to make inlays, see:

Using "Advanced VCarve" in Carbide Create 461 to make Inlays

[IMG_20200321_142953] Now that Carbide Create has the advanced V-Carve feature, it has become possible to make inlays (see picture above). I’m going to go through the steps I used to make the coaster. (Update two weeks later: I am learning that the smaller the angle of the V bit, the better this technique works. 90 degrees… don’t bother. 60 maybe… 30 gives much better results) C2D files: coffee inlay tutorial - inlay side.c2d (624.7 KB) coffee inlay tutorial - coaster side.c2d (449.1 KB) S…

Note that ideally you need a BitSetter to go with the advanced v-carve workflow at this point (though there is a way to circumvent that if you don’t with a little manual editing of the file)

[fenrus (Arjan van de Ven)]

maybe by asking nicely, we can convince @wmoy to do a youtube video about using CC for inlays… it’s a great new Carbide Create feature after all

[rac8006 (Ronald Clifford)]

Had trouble finding how to get the free license on the forum. But I did find an article about
logging in and requesting a trial license. But it is only good for 14 days not one year.

[fenrus (Arjan van de Ven)]

see Carbide Create Pro - Free For a Year

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

FWIW, I wrote up a bit on this at: Inlay Work (Woodworking) - #2 by WillAdams — balance is at: Inlay Work (Woodworking) - #25 by WillAdams

and see:

Inlays using Carbide Create (and other software)

There are a number of ways to do inlays, and a number of alternatives. Some of the simpler options can be done using just Carbide Create, while others require additional software, possibly just Inkscape, or specialized commercial software such as Vectric Vcarve or Amazon Canvas. First, the work-arounds: onlay — glue a second material to the stock, the cut it away: http://docs.carbide3d.com/tutorials/3-wood-sign/ coloured stock — source two-colour material, or apply pigment and then remove a …

[rac8006 (Ronald Clifford)]

Thank you that worked.

[neilferreri (Neil Ferreri Ω)]

@rac8006

what software is available to do vcarve inlay

Pretty much anything that will do V-carving can do an inlay. I’ve used:
Carbide Create (before the new versions…I really need to check it out) - had to do some math.
F-engrave - really simple, but the toolpaths aren’t very efficient
Easel Pro - really simple, and you get 4 free days per month ( it used to be that way…I don’t use it much)
Fusion 360 - wasn’t trivial, but you get MUCH more control over the toolpaths.