First VCarve Pro design

Last night I finished drawing my newest SymArt after cutting the stencil with the 4 inch focal length laser earlier in the week. VCarve Pro is proving to be a faster and more versatile tool for creating artistic geometries compared to Inkscape. Additionally, the Makerspace license is free to install as long as we do all exporting on one of the Build RVA Makerspace desktops (as enforced by the Vectric license). Finally, VCarve Pro is a more reliable exporter of DXF formats for the RDWorks laser preprocessing software.

Notice the blue Painter's masking tape remaining on the stylized tree cutouts. The Painter's tape prevents charring and cracking of the plexiglass at the laser cut edges (especially around the supporting bed blades).