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Let me get this straight: In January we are going to see a huge price increase in the annual subscription price of Easel but we are NOT going to see a huge feature set increase at the same time or possibly ever? Has Inventables finally been bitten by the greed bug? There are things that users have been asking for for a long time and it seems that it all falls on deaf ears. Oh, we get a drip and a drab here and there but generally speaking, what we get is only to placate us and not really give a top quality CAM product. just eradicating the known bugs would be a great start. And maybe some fonts that are found in the real world.
I, for one, am truly disappointed with Inventables.
David,
What version of Vectric do you use and on which machine. I have the New X-Carve. Just finished building it today.
I hope they are still honoring my 3 years of Easel that came with the unit.
I have an Xcarve that I bought in 2016. (which is a great machine by the way)
I have the desktop version and never used Easel when I learned that it is internet based.
I have a thing about being under someone else’s control.
You’ll never look back.
Cskybird: I use the Vectric Desktop Pro V 11. I started out with it shortly after getting my x Carve 2 years ago. V9 was my starting version. I really like it and once you get a handle on even 50% of what it offers, you will really like the results. I use EASEL for quick stuff but when I am importing 3D files, the Vectric Desktop does all I could ask. Aspire is too expensive for my blood so I purchase the 3D files from Design and Make or from other on line sources.
I went with V-Carve Desktop, I OWN the software, one money, free updates NO CLOUD BASED BS !
Full extensive features blows Easel out of the water.
Can’t get Easel to work, or even the Inventables website on occasion … even though I am hardwired into a fiber network…lesson learned, LOVE the X-Carve in V-Carve Desktop, reliable every time !
OK. I own V-Carve Desktop too, but I still send the g-code through easel. What am I missing? I am not complete devoid of reliance on Easel Cloud issues since it is the driver using the V-Carve g-code
A simple misspeak. I do use the xCarve post processor. I then import the g-code into easel. Since I hamfistedly learned this on my own, am I doing it incorrectly?
I, as another, am truly disappointed with Inventables.
Their features do not justify such a price hike. My subscription ended in a few days from now anyway, so I just cancelled. I will be doing all my work in Vectric from now on.
we already know EASEL sucks but … your still using it
your using Vectric then try/start using UGS (winder.github.io)
you won’t internet anything at all, except to enjoy wine here.
I started out using UGS but I struggled with it. (which had nothing to do with my lack of experience I’m sure)
A lot of people us UGS so don’t be afraid of it.
I now use picsender to send the files to the controller.
You say you struggled with UGS. What struggles did you have and were they so dire that you moved on? I am definitely interested in lessening or eliminating my Easel dependence but not at huge intellectual expense or time loss expense.
I like the user interface of Openbuilds Control better than UGS and when I first started using it, it had features that have for the most part, also been added into UGS…
At the time (2016) I just bought my machine and didn’t even know how to turn it on.
My struggles with UGS was simply my own inexperience.
I’m sure that I would have no problems now, but I bought picsender and I found it to be a bit more intuitive and used it ever since.
I would like to add my name to the growing group of disappointment. I have had my X-Carve from almost day one. I have purchased every upgrade, including the last. I am a hobbyist and not looking to make money from my X-Carve. But unfortunately, that seems to be where Inventibles is headed. I am starting to think I made the wrong platform choice years ago. With this last upgrade, there were several issues that I had to work through and used up my free days of Pro before I got everything up and running. I thought about upgrading to pro, but for someone not making money on their machine, the price is way too high. Seems like there should be a nice middle ground, but It just keeps getting further out of reach. Good hardware, not great, and overpriced software.
