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How to resume a 3D carve after it stops part way through
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 11/11/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 11/11/22

How to resume a 3D carve after it stops part way through

Some different methods on how to save a 3D carving if your CNC machine stopped part way through the carve. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve and Aspire.

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2 Tips to save time on batch toolpaths
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 11/4/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 11/4/22

2 Tips to save time on batch toolpaths

How to save time on large batch toolpaths by using the merge toolpath feature and by changing your rapid z height. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D. However, the merge toolpath features will not work with Cut2D Desktop or VCarve Desktop, they will only work with the Pro versions.

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Trick to rotate angled parts vertically or horizontally
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 10/28/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 10/28/22

Trick to rotate angled parts vertically or horizontally

How to rotate angled objects to be nice and vertical or horizontal, which makes them easier to work with. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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Easier way to create perfect shapes using formulas
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 10/21/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 10/21/22

Easier way to create perfect shapes using formulas

How to create perfect shapes by utilizing variables and formulas that are built into Vectric software. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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Maximize Toolpath Efficiency with Variables and Templates
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 10/14/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 10/14/22

Maximize Toolpath Efficiency with Variables and Templates

How to maximize your toolpath efficiency by using variables, formulas, and toolpath templates. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D. However, the toolpath template features will not work with Cut2D Desktop or VCarve Desktop, they will only work with the Pro versions.

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3 Tips for V11.5 that will make your life easier
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 10/7/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 10/7/22

3 Tips for V11.5 that will make your life easier

With a new V11.5 released, that means it will download as a new software. When that happens, it sometimes causes issues that can be easily solved with these 3 tips. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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How to enter tapered ball nose bits into Vectric tool database
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 9/30/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 9/30/22

How to enter tapered ball nose bits into Vectric tool database

How to enter the correct settings for tapered ball nose bits into the Vectric tool database. These bits work perfect for cutting 3D designs. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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How to save time on toolpath previews
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 9/23/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 9/23/22

How to save time on toolpath previews

How to stop slow toolpath previews and renderings when you make a mistake and need to make a change. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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Job Sheets make your CNC life easier
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 9/16/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 9/16/22

Job Sheets make your CNC life easier

How to create job setup sheets for your Vectric projects. These job setup sheets will help you know what to expect with the material setup and toolpaths at your CNC machine. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve Pro, Aspire, and Cut2D Pro, these features will not be available in the desktop

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Easily Make Toolpaths after Nesting Objects
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 9/9/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 9/9/22

Easily Make Toolpaths after Nesting Objects

How to use layers and toolpath templates to easily create toolpaths after nesting objects in multiple sheets. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve Pro, Aspire, and Cut2D Pro but some aspects can be used in the desktop versions as well.

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Nest Parts into Odd Shapes
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 9/2/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 9/2/22

Nest Parts into Odd Shapes

How to efficiently use your odd shape material with the nesting tool in Vectric software. This will allow you to use up all of your odd size scrap material! This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve Pro, Aspire, and Cut2D Pro.

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Vectric Error Code 126663 Explained (Failed to open file)
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 8/26/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 8/26/22

Vectric Error Code 126663 Explained (Failed to open file)

Trying to open a Vectric file and get error code 126663: Failed to open file? Then this video is for you to explain what that error code is all about. In this video, I also share a place to purchase Vectric software at a discount. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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Distort Text to Fit Inside Closed Vectors
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 8/19/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 8/19/22

Distort Text to Fit Inside Closed Vectors

How to distort text to fit inside of closed vectors in Vectric software. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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Make Symmetrical 3D Designs Very Easily
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 7/29/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 7/29/22

Make Symmetrical 3D Designs Very Easily

How to easily design symmetrical 3D models in Vectric software using the mirror mode. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve and Aspire.

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Top 3 Resources to Learn Vectric Software
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 7/22/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 7/22/22

Top 3 Resources to Learn Vectric Software

3 great resources to learn how to use Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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Use Vector Selection Order to Carve Objects
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 7/15/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 7/15/22

Use Vector Selection Order to Carve Objects

How to carve your toolpaths in a order that you choose by using the "Use Vector Selection Order" option. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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Carve Designs the Opposite Way
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 7/8/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 7/8/22

Carve Designs the Opposite Way

How to change the way your designs carve with offsets and correct vector selection. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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3 Ways to Backup Tool Database
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 7/1/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 7/1/22

3 Ways to Backup Tool Database

How to backup your tool database using 3 different methods in Vectric software. This is very important to do and will prevent you from loosing all of your tool data if something were to happen to your computer. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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Make Corners Sharp Again
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 6/24/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 6/24/22

Make Corners Sharp Again

How to use the extend tool to clean up vectors and make messy corners nice and sharp in Vectric software. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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Distort Text to make Netflix logo
Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 6/17/22 Vectric® Tips & Tricks Kyle Ely | Learn Your CNC 6/17/22

Distort Text to make Netflix logo

How to distort text used in an example to make the Netflix logo in Vectric software. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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Print your designs (EVEN FULL SCALE!)
May 3, 2023

Have you ever needed to print your 2D or 3D designs in Vectric software? Or what about printing them in full-scale? This video will show you how to do all of that with some very simple tricks! This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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Trick to Easily Copy Toolpaths
Apr 18, 2023
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Apr 18, 2023

Have you ever needed to copy toolpaths to different sheets in Vectric software? This video will show you how to do that with a very simple trick and it will allow you to save hours of time recreating toolpaths for every sheet! This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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3 Steps to Making Perfect Curves
Apr 3, 2023
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Apr 3, 2023

Have you ever needed to make a perfectly curved shape? This video will show you how to do that in 3 simple steps and a bonus tip at the end to resize the vectors without distorting shape! This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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How to Curve & Distort 3D Components
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This tutorial is a comprehensive guide to teach Aspire users how to curve a 3D component to fit onto any shape and distort it to create unique designs. The tutorial explains how to use the distort tool in Aspire to place a 3D component on a curve between two open vectors. The tutorial also includes tips on how to mirror the component for all four corners using the mirror mode. If you want to learn how to use the distort tool to create eye-catching designs with 3D components in Aspire, this tutorial is perfect for you. This lesson only applies to Vectric Aspire because VCarve does not allow you to distort 3D components.

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How to make radius corners w/ Moulding Toolpath
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Mar 10, 2023

Have you ever tried to use the moulding toolpath make a carving with round corners and it not work out? This video will show you the secret on how to fix that! This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve and Aspire.

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How to resize sheets to fit parts
Mar 4, 2023
How to resize sheets to fit parts
Mar 4, 2023

Have you ever needed to resize a sheet and fit all the parts back into the sheet? This video will show you how to do that! This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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How to make 3d rotary objects(even in VCarve)
Feb 28, 2023
How to make 3d rotary objects(even in VCarve)
Feb 28, 2023

Have you ever wanted to make a custom 3D rotary project? This video will show you how with VCarve or Aspire!

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How to make 3D text with VCarve Pro or Desktop
Feb 23, 2023
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Feb 23, 2023

How to remove 3D text or objects from an imported 3D model and then add custom text back into the 3D model with VCarve Pro or VCarve Desktop. This lesson also applies to Vectric Aspire.

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How to change 3D text (even in VCarve)
Feb 15, 2023
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Feb 15, 2023

Answering student questions on how to remove 3D text or objects from an imported 3D model and then add text back into the 3D model. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve and Aspire.

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Feb 15, 2023
Make AMAZING designs with these tips!
Feb 9, 2023
Make AMAZING designs with these tips!
Feb 9, 2023

Answering student questions on how to copy shapes along a textured pattern and then also how to make toolpaths and 3D model the shapes in Vectric software. This lesson applies to Vectric VCarve, Aspire, and Cut2D.

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