Greetings! My OF is scheduled for delivery in a few days, I’m super excited to get it assembled and start carving! I won’t kid you, I am intimidated by the software and the process from getting from design stage to carving stage. I’ve downloaded the Vcarve pro trial version and created my first project. Because of where I have to set up my OF, I will not have access to WiFi and will need to transfer files with a usb. I guess my question is, do I need to purchase VCarve pro in order to export the file to a usb stick? My technical vocabulary is limited so if someone can dumb it down for me that would be great! :
The trial versions are fully functional except for the last step. You will not be able to generate and save the gcode file which the Onefinity needs to run your creation. However, they provide some free projects available to cut on your CNC with the trial. You would need to install the Onefinity Post Processor then generate your gcode and save that to your usb and take it to your machine.
Thank you for your reply. I was planning on purchasing eventually but just wanted to get more familiar with the program first. I will definitely try the sample of free projects that they provide.
Thanks for clearing this up for myself also John. I too have been doing what Brian is, as practicing with the free Pro Trial Edition and haven’t tried saving anything yet because my unit won’t arrive until late May. This would have been upsetting to find out once the machine arrived and not being able to use it right away because you couldn’t download anything that has been designed in it. I hear it takes a few days to be sent once you decide on the program too. Oh well, I actually think the Pro is the one for me so I may as well get it ordered… Thanks again for the update for those of us not to familiar with all of this.
We are a local incorporated charity in NSW Australia (incorporation is a legal requirement). We open three mornings a week. We have purchased a paid version of VCarve pro and installed it on our computer at the workshop. Our new Onefinity Gen2 Elite Foreman is expected some time around early April so we were hoping to have some time to make some designs before it arrives. Sadly it seems like we will only have a chance to familiarise ourselves with the software at home then recreate these designs on the workshop computer during our three open mornings. We can’t justify the funds (we’re a not for profit organisation) to buy multiple copies of the software so we now feel a little stuck. We had hoped to fulfil our charitable objectives by making the machine available to our volunteers to learn how to programme and use the new CNC Router to make things in support of our local community (we receive donations for these projects). As we climb the software learning ladder our designer/copier will get better and quicker, but in our decision to buy the machine we hadn’t factored in the amount of workshop time, particularly in the early days, that we will have to spend during working time redoing designs done at home before we can use the machine. I guess we will have to live with using our CNC once or twice a month until we get up to speed. That might not be a bad thing. I think I am right in saying we can’t instal the software on any other computer as it is registered to the Menshed. Or is it allowed that two other copies of the full version can be installed on the remote laptops of two Menshed officials?
This is a question that may be better answered on Vetric’s Forums.
That being said I did a quick search on Vetric’s FAQ and in regards to licensing I found the following:
How many computers can I use my Vectric software on?
Vectric’s license allows any of our software programs to be installed on up to 3 PC’s for a single user.
If access to any one of the computers is shared with work colleagues, or anyone who is likely to access the software, then the software must only be installed onto one computer.
We have many users who have the software installed on their main design pc, the computer attached to their CNC and a laptop. As long as these three systems are only used by the same single user, this is completely legal.
I am not familiar with VCarve, but most software has the ability to save your work in a file that is transportable via USB stick or e-mailed, posted to a file transfer site, etc. In VCarve’s case that looks like .crv files. Based on that I don’t see any reason why you can not work at home to learn the software and configure your files then export and transport your .crv files via sneaker net or e-mail / download from a file transfer site and open the files at your work site.
I may not be completely clear on your question though, so forgive me if I haven’t understood what you’re asking.
Cheers.
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I suggest reaching out to Vectric directly
I had a twenty seat licence for a high school class It was cheaper by a lot
They may even have a deal for non-profit organizations
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