The addition of V-Carving makes DeskProto most complete lowcost CAM software
on the market.
UTRECHT, Netherlands, Nov 1, 2024 – For hobbyist users of small CNC milling machines V-Carving is a popular application: exactly machine a 2D design by moving a V-shaped cutter along a 3D toolpath. Creating such toolpath requires a complicated calculation, and as DeskProto until now did not offer V-Carving it has been requested by many hobbyist users.
The new DeskProto Version 8, released today, changes that. Adding V-Carving has made DeskProto the most complete lowcost CAM software on the market:
- 3D STL data, 2D vector data and bitmap reliefs
- 3-axis, 4-axis and 5-axis
- Windows, MacOS and Linux.
“V-Carving is not only useful for making signs,” says product manager Lex Lennings. “It also makes it easy to create beautiful inlays. When you V-Carve both the base and the plug both parts will exactly fit.”
The image shows a V-shaped cutter that has just removed all material round the letter “a”.
Other new features include an animated toolpath, an unlimited number of support tabs, and a few special ‘cutters’ like a hot wire and a laser cutter. More information about this new version can be found on page New features in DeskProto Version 8.
For more information, visit deskproto.com.
