DeskProto® releases V8, including CNC toolpaths for V-Carving.

For immediate release, November 2024.

Utrecht (Netherlands) -- Nov 1, 2024 -- For hobbyist users of small CNC milling machines V-Carving is a popular application: exactly machine a 2D design by moving a V-shaped cutter along a 3D toolpath. Creating such toolpath requires a complicated calculation, and as DeskProto until now did not offer V-Carving it has been requested by many hobbyist users.

The new DeskProto Version 8, released today, changes that. Adding V-Carving has made DeskProto the most complete lowcost CAM software on the market:

3D STL data, 2D vector data and bitmap reliefs
3-axis, 4-axis and 5-axis
Windows, MacOS and Linux.

"V-Carving is not only useful for making signs,” says product manager Lex Lennings. "It also makes it easy to create beautiful inlays. When you V-Carve both the base and the plug both parts will exactly fit.”

V-Carving makes sharp inner corners possible (toolpath by DeskProto)

The image shows a V-shaped cutter that has just removed all material round the letter “a”.
Other new features include an animated toolpath, an unlimited number of support tabs, and a few special ‘cutters’ like a hot wire and a laser cutter. More information about this new version can be found on page New features in DeskProto Version 8.

About DeskProto

DeskProto by Delft Spline Systems is the 3D CAM program that has made CNC milling a competitive alternative for 3D Printing by making it just as easy. The software can import 2D drawing files (DXF, EPS, AI), 3D geometry files (STL, DXF) and digital images (BMP, JPG, PNG, ...), calculate NC toolpaths and then export NC program files suited for any 3-axis or 4-axis CNC milling machine. Key feature is its ease of use: DeskProto is aimed at designers, not (as most other CAM software) at CNC specialists.

Despite its low-end price DeskProto contains many high-end features, like automatic feedrate reduction at high chiploads, collet collision check, full rotation axis support, the two-sided milling wizard, and much more (not all options are available in all editions). Current users range from hobbyists and one-person model-shops to multinational A-brand companies like Unilever, Lancôme, Sony-Ericsson and NASA.
For more information visit www.deskproto.com

Illustration:

The illustration is available for download in two resolutions:
www.deskproto.com/images/Vcarving-in-DeskProtoV8-small.jpg (500x500 pixels, 44 KB).BR> www.deskproto.com/images/Vcarving-in-DeskProtoV8.jpg (1600x1600 pixels, 414KB).
Illustration caption: "V-Carving makes sharp inner corners possible (toolpath by DeskProto)."

For more information

For more information on this press release contact Lex Lennings of Delft Spline Systems
Tel +31 30 296 5957, Email info@deskproto.com

DeskProto® is a registered trademark of Delft Spline Systems.