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Last night I downloaded the trial software for photo vcarve and went through the whole install process. Well I selected a file to give a try at and when it came time to choose the post processor there wasn’t a selection for my machine. With the help of a friend and fellow Marine on facebook, a post processor file was located from the forum here, I downloaded it and placed it the file with the rest of the selections of post processor’s for photo vcarve. I rebooted and went back to the sample selection and still the downloaded post p doesn’t show up.
My question is this, is this file only available for the full version or can it be used with the sample/trial version? And if so, how do i go about fixing or getting this to work? I would really hate to buy the software and then not be able to use the software for my machine.
I suppose you have found where to put the PP file…
I suppose you used the shapeoko PP file,
you then got a message saying some stuff is not compatable.
well I compared the GCode_inch.pp and the GCode_mm.pp to the shapeoko_mm.pp and the shapeoko_inch.pp and erased the lines that where different, keeping only the
line 65 “G20” / “millimetres”
line 65 “G21” / “inches”
there were a few lines to remove, just open both files in notepad and compare them, I use the Programmers File Editor as you can open two files side by side its freeware and can be found if you google it, its really good…
Yes I was able to figure out on my own as to where to place the PP file. However I do believe I may have seen the PP file for the selection you mention, but didn’t think of trying it. I guess what I am trying to find out is,…is there a specific PP file for the xcarve system?
Check out our PicEngrave Pro 5 image to gcode program. It does not require a PP, is less expensive and can do more. It even has an image editor built in.
There are 2 specific Post Processor files for the X-Carve that Vectric’s software use.
There are video tutorials on their website on how to install these Post Processor files.
If you downloaded V-Carve Photo recently then it probably already had the PostP files installed for the X-Carve. You’ll just need to select them when creating your g-code files.
I dl and uninstalled several times and nothing, no post processor files for the xcarve. Still trying to figure this out with the help of several members. I do appreciate it!
go to the folder “Program Files/PhotoVCarve/PostP”
Select the PostP folder to find the Post Processors.
If there is no PostP folder the create one
inside the PostP folder you will want to move all of the “.pp” files to a folder that you create called “Unused”
now copy the two X-Carve “.pp” files into the PostP folder
To use these post processors you will want to follow the instructions on Vectric’s page here:
On the Preview & Save Toolpaths page, be sure that when the design is complete and ready to machine, select the X-Carve post processor and save the toolpath ready for cutting.
After you get the Toolpath in a g-code file, you can send it to the X-Carve with Universal Gcode Sender or ChiliPeppr.
