For example, VCarve Pro v6.5 - \V6.5\PostPĪspire 3.0 and Later – WinXP Operating System ğor versions later than v6.0, the folder name ‘V6.0’ will reflect that version. The /PostP folder for VCarve Pro v6.0 and later is located in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Vectric\VCarve Pro\V6.0\PostP VCarve Pro v6.0 and Later – WinXP Operating System The /PostP folder for Aspire v2.5 and earlier is located in C:\Program Files\Aspire\V2.5\PostP For example, VCarve Pro v5.0 - \V5.0\PostP ğor versions previous to v5.5, the folder name ‘V5.5’ will reflect that version. The /PostP folder for VCarve Pro v5.5 and earlier is located in C:\Program Files\VCarve Pro\V5.5\PostP. The /PostP folder for Cut3D is located in C:\Program Files\Cut3D\PostP in both WinXP, Vista and Win 7 systems The following post processors are for use with VCarve Pro (version 3.1 and higher), Aspire (version 2.0 and higher) and Cut3D ( only): VCarve Pro/Aspire/Cut3D Post Processors and Installation In addition, most current anti-virus/internet security applications will block you from attempting to copy directly from the Downloads page to the specific /PostP folder on disk. On many Vista and most Win 7 operating systems, this will result in a failure in the ability for the Vectric application to use the CNC Shark post processor file. You should not attempt to copy the post processor directly from the Downloads page to the specific /PostP folder on disk. Once you have saved it there, copy the downloaded file to the appropriate Vectric application /PostP folder. This is typically in a folder in your /My Documents. You should initially save the post processor file(s) to a location on your disk that you will remember. (This is also a screen grab from a 64bit machine, so instead of 'C:\Program Files\.' it says 'C:\Program Files (x86)\.')Īnd just in case some other folks read through this and try to 'look' for the /PostP folder for VCarvePro or Aspire on a Vista or Win7 box, I'll repost my notes on Shark Post Processors and installing them here (for what it's worth): The example in the picture is for PhotoVCarve, but the action is the same for all Vectric products and the postp not being 'seen'. Open Cut3D and you should now 'see' the post processor in the list. Click on the 'Unblock' button, and then hit 'Apply', and lastly 'OK' to close this panel.
If you don't 'see' it in Cut3D for example at that point, right click on the file in Windows Explorer, select Properties, and then the General tab. He then copies the file to the desired /Postp folder. This definitely will result in not being able to 'see' the downloaded postp file in the post processor list as this file is blocked by the operating system.Īs Kryptik points out is his post, he downloaded the files to a known location - sounds like he is using the default /Download folder in Win7.
There have been posts where someone is trying to download the post processor from the NWA Downloads page directly to the /PostP folder. I've noticed this more and more recently in applications like Word where I get a message saying this is a foreign file, do you really want to edit it, or just read it. A white material has been chosen, as the slider increases from the left to the right the effect changes from being very high contrast to a much lighter appeance like you might see if no backlighting had been applied.Win 7 is pretty sensitive to files that are downloaded from the web, and even email attachments. The below image shows the effect of changing the brightness slider. The slider bar next to the lithophane option allows you to adjust the slider to account for these and to pick a value that looks right to you. How a lithophane appears can vary depending on many factors including ambient lighting in the room, how strong the light behind the lithophane is and the properties of the material being used.
The brightness of the material will vary between white at 0 material thickness and the selected color at full material thickness. Lithophane mode will work with whatever material or solid color is selected. The thinnest areas of material will appear brightest and then the brightness will be reduced to be lowest at the full material thickness. Lithophane mode allows the preview to be shaded to give the effect of a semi-transparent material which is being lit from behind.