Other Enhancements in 6.5
Integrated Windows Explorer Thumbnail Support
From VCarve Pro 6.5 onwards, CRV files automatically include thumbnails when they are saved. Windows Explorer will make use of these thumbnails to show you a preview of each file when you browse a folder or when using the File Open Window.
Note: You will only see thumbnails for CRV files saved from VCarve Pro 6.5 or later.
Printing & Print Preview
 The contents of either the 2D or 3D view can now be printed using the Print command on the File menu. Simply select the view you wish to print (2D or 3D) and then click the Print command. The standard Windows printer dialog allows you to select the printer and adjust its properties. When the OK button in this dialog is clicked, the view will be printed.
The Print Preview command on the File menu allows you to check the layout of your page before you print. The printed view is always scaled to exactly fit the currently selected page size (including allowance for margins). Drawings are not, therefore, printed at actual size and are not printed across multiple pages.
 Extensions to the embedded Calculator
Since VCarve Pro 6 the number edit boxes on most VCarve Pro forms and dialogs will interpret simple sums and equations. In VCarve Pro 6.5 there are now two new constants, M and I, which you can use in number edit boxes to simplify conversion to millimeters and inches, respectively. Example: Entering 1.0*M= into a number edit box will result in 25.4, the number of millimeters in one inch. When the '=' character is entered, VCarve Pro will perform the entered calculation and fill the edit box with the answer.
Other Enhancements in 6.5
User Interface Improvements
- Extensions to the embedded Calculator
- The number edit boxes on most VCarve Pro forms and dialogs will interpret simple sums and equations. In VCarve Pro 6.5 there are now two new constants, M and I, which you can use in number edit boxes to simplify conversion to millimeters and inches, respectively. Example: Entering 1.0*M= into a number edit box will result in 25.4, the number of millimeters in one inch.
- Improved Preview Fonts
- When browsing the installed fonts in the Create Text tool, the software shows a small preview sample of text using each font. The set of characters in the preview now includes some numbers, which can often be valuable in aiding font selection.
- New form layout to more easily identify common areas on toolpath forms etc.
- User editable files (such as postprocessors & shading materials) moved out of program files.
- 2D and 3D views resize with main window size.
- Explicit command for importing PhotoVCarve and Cut3D toolpaths.
- Holding ctrl down with calculate will keep form open
- 'Intelligent' join-close commands to simplify interface
- In earlier versions, closing a single vector required a separate set of commands compared to joining multiple vectors. VCarve Pro 6 intelligently applies the appropriate operation, according to the selection, using a single command. If the current selection is just a single, open vector then VCarve Pro will apply the 'close' version of the selected command. If the selection comprises several open vectors, VCarve Pro will apply the 'join' version of the selected command.
Toolpath Improvements
- An optional border can now be specified on Texturing toolpath form.
- Toolpath sequencing improvements
- Machining order for text blocks has been much improved
- Manual selection of machining order option for profiling, pocketing, drilling, carving
General Performance Enhancements.
- VCarve Pro's data files are now compressed automatically on saving, which can provide up to a 50% reduction in file size for complex models.
- VCarve Pro 6 has had its DWG & DXF file formats updated to improve compatibility with newer versions of 3rd party software, such as AutoCAD 2010.
- 'shortest path' algorithm option added for machining order
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