V-carve software options

[brycelarson]

Hi guys,

I'm a totally non-commercial user. I work in a school and theatre that happen to own a Shop Bot. We've used it on some great projects - and I've got a software question.

I would love to use more than the handful of fonts that PartsWizard will let me V-carve but there's no wau I can justify spending $1000 on ArtCAM. Are there any lower-priced options out there? I've got access to CAD - I use it for work all the time so I'm not really looking for a full featured CAD suite. I'm really just looking for somethign that will help with lettering and v-carving.

Any suggestions?

[andyb]

Yes, Vectric V-Carve Pro. Great software. www.vectric.com (http://www.vectric.com)

Andy B.

[brycelarson]

huh, still $600. anything more bargain out there?

[ken_rychlik]

Shobot does offer some school discounts. It would be worth a phone call, if the school is buying it.

[GlenP]

If it is only a font thing how about buying a older version of coreldraw. You create your design and change all text to curves and then vcarve them in part wizerd. Unless it is the limited function of part wizerd.

[blackhawk]

Bryce - Is it not possible to add more fonts to Partwizard?

I have Vcarve Pro and it will pick up any true type font that is loaded into the Windows font directory. I have added fonts several times. Not sure if Partwizard has the same functionality.

[Brady Watson]

No - PartWizard can only carve 10 preset fonts. It will not work changing the font name, assigning shapes to font name or anything else.

Call SB to see how much a PartWizard to PartWorks upgrade is.

-B

[Big-Tex]

Talk to vectric about educational price.
VcarvePro is the way to go. It is best bang for you buck CadCam software.