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Hey Tom, hey Tom,

@cyberreefguru

All that said, when you look at something like Vectric Aspire at $2000

I don’t think it is necessary to think of Vectric Aspire (USD $1,995). VCarve Pro (USD $699) is known for a certain approach that many people like and that would justify paying for it. But…

@Aiph5u

…if you think of byuing Vectric Aspire in order to be able to use 3D model creation and editing tools, instead of Vectric VCarve Pro, which means you have a big price difference for this additional capability (USD $1,995 vs. $699), you should know that you can also use many other softwares to create your 3D models, e.g. the free and open Blender as mentioned here:

@Aiph5u

Vectric Aspire differs from Vectric Vcarve Pro just by the 3D creating and editing tools. But you could do that with another tool (and use VCarve or another CAM software like FreeCAD Workbench just for importing the 3D model and export it as a g-code toolpath). The free and open 3D editing software Blender (Blender homepage) is excellent and very developed nowadays with many tools.

c’t Magazin, 23/2019, S. 144ff: Blender-Workshop, Teil 2

• More on Blender Features

• More on other free and open tools here