Move a VCarve File to Carbide Create (Beta)

Turn a VCarve or Aspire project into an SVG that Carbide Create imports at true size, then set up the toolpaths again.

Opens: CRV, CRV3D
Saves: SVG, DXF, STL, PNG

Convert

Vectric project

Choose a file… or drop it here

.crv, .crv3d · up to 150 MB

Replace file

A .crv project from VCarve or Cut2D, or a .crv3d project from Aspire.

Options

Convert the vectors to SVG and DXFSVGDXF

Both formats come from the same conversion; pick one if you only need that file.

More options

Export the 3D model (STL and height map)

For projects with a 3D model (Aspire components, or a model imported into VCarve): a closed STL solid in millimetres and a 16-bit greyscale height map.

Layers

Hidden layers usually hold guides and construction lines, so they are left out, as in Vectric's own view.

Include pictures in the SVG

Bitmaps placed in the project (traced photos, logos) are embedded in the SVG at their position and size. The DXF holds outlines only.

Your files are deleted after processing.

Tell us how this tool could be better

Carbide Create opens its own .c2d projects and imports SVG and DXF drawings, but not Vectric's .crv projects. To move a design from VCarve, Aspire or Cut2D, convert the project to SVG here and import that.

Step by step

Upload the .crv (or Aspire .crv3d) project and download the SVG. A project with several sheets or two sides gives one SVG per sheet or side, in a ZIP.
In Carbide Create, set up the stock with the size and thickness shown on the result page under Material, in the same units.
Import the SVG. It is written at true size, in the project's units, with the material block as its page.
Check one dimension you know, then recreate the toolpaths. The result page lists the toolpaths of the Vectric project with their names and kinds (profile, pocket, V-carve, drilling…) where the file records them, so you know what each vector was for.

What arrives

All visible vectors, with arcs and curves kept as curves, grouped by Vectric layer.
Text as outlines, laid out exactly as in VCarve, so you don't need the font; it can't be edited as text any more.
Pictures placed in the project, embedded in the SVG.
Layers hidden in VCarve are left out, as in VCarve's own view; choose Also hidden layers under More options if you need them.

What doesn't

Toolpaths, bit settings and feeds and speeds stay behind: they belong to your machine and tools, and Carbide Create sets them up its own way. V-carve toolpaths in particular need a V-bit defined in Carbide Create's tool library.

3D models

For an Aspire project with a 3D model, the converter also gives you the model as an STL in millimetres and as a 16-bit greyscale height map, for CAM programs that machine 3D models.

Files stay private

The upload is deleted as soon as the conversion finishes and the results are deleted after 30 minutes.

More about what this tool reads and writes: Vectric .crv & .crv3d to SVG, DXF & STL Converter.