Jefta

From your experience, is only Vcarv enough, costing 400 euros, and I wonder if any other software is needed in addition to it. My problem is still that I don't know how to convert a paper drawing into a suitable format useful for CNC.

I agree that it can be a very useful tool. Would you share how you imported the drawings and how you used them further?

I want to do ship decorations and carvings, and of course other types of cutting. I want as much precision as possible, and as for the materials, I use Swiss rosewood and ebony and brass for the metal parts. The scale is 1:36 or 1:48 and it is exclusively for my personal use and my personal pleasure. I have absolutely no commercial plans. My machine is a CNC router 3018pro, and I think it is enough for a beginner. I have to admit that it is the only machine in my life that I do not know how to I use . I don't know how to design parts, that's why I turned here because I would start learning a program from the very beginning, and wandering from program to program I don't think is a good idea. Researching on the internet, I liked Vcarv the most, but I don't know if it is a good hobby for us and if only that one program is enough. I want to turn the drawing from my plans and monographs into a finished piece. For that I need advice and guidance from people who are more experienced in this field.

Hello everyone I am opening this thread exclusively for CNC. Researching the pages of this forum, and others as well as on YouTube, related to the construction of ship models, I found a lot of information for 3d printing and for laser, but unfortunately very little for CNC. I am a beginner and want to master the use of CNC for model making, and it seems to me that there are many people who find this topic interesting. Now we are in the year 2025 and a lot of new things are appearing. As I said, having researched this topic for some time now, I am more confused and undecided, and I hope to find some help here. To begin with, I will ask a few questions and some guidelines that interest me. First of all: -Which program is suitable for our hobby, without costing like a heart transplant https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png, is it: - Fusion - Vectric 2dcut or Vcarv -Carveco or someone else? - How to use the drawing from my monograph and plans and make a piece on my CNC router (small 3018pro), ship decorations for example. On my home printer I can scan: - BITMAP - JPEG -PNG -TIFF - MULTI-TIFF - PDF I saw on this forum that a workshop for Fusion in model making is offered, I sent a query both here on that topic and directly on the site where it is offered, but unfortunately without any response. I'm on the fence about buying a Vectric Vcarv and it's not exactly cheap for a hobby but that's about the upper limit I'd be willing to pay. Because this is just my fun and enjoyment in making models, I have no intention of making a business out of this and making money.

Hello everyone I am opening this thread exclusively for CNC. Researching the pages of this forum, and others as well as on YouTube, related to the construction of ship models, I found a lot of information for 3d printing and for laser, but unfortunately very little for CNC. I am a beginner and want to master the use of CNC for model making, and it seems to me that there are many people who find this topic interesting. Now we are in the year 2025 and a lot of new things are appearing. As I said, having researched this topic for some time now, I am more confused and undecided, and I hope to find some help here. To begin with, I will ask a few questions and some guidelines that interest me. First of all: -Which program is suitable for our hobby, without costing like a heart transplant , is it: - Fusion - Vectric 2dcut or Vcarv -Carveco or someone else? - How to use the drawing from my monograph and plans and make a piece on my CNC router (small 3018pro), ship decorations for example. On my home printer I can scan: - BITMAP - JPEG -PNG -TIFF - MULTI-TIFF - PDF I saw on this forum that a workshop for Fusion in model making is offered, I sent a query both here on that topic and directly on the site where it is offered, but unfortunately without any response. I'm on the fence about buying a Vectric Vcarv and it's not exactly cheap for a hobby but that's about the upper limit I'd be willing to pay. Because this is just my fun and enjoyment in making models, I have no intention of making a business out of this and making money.