is i-picture software 1.2 the same for windows 7/10 ?

yes, i got alot of those greyscale images like you posted and there loaded in my pictures. ok so when open ipicture i clicked on file drop down to image and loaded my own image that works fine, then i went back to file and clicked open gcode, and typed gcode vee or something like that and clicked open, then put the settings in.. example  X 10.50 for 10 1/2"  Y 6.25 for 6 1/4" and Z 1.50 for 1 1/2" because the instructions say put in the distance between the bit and the project. then i click convert and then most of the time the blue loading bar go's across and finish's then says ready.... when it install it in the machine it says no image ?  so i install the fd back into the computer and that picture shows up so there is an image on the fd ?? i know i'm getting close!!  i feel like i'm just a couple clicks away from this working..  thanx

"" and Z 1.50 for 1 1/2" because the instructions say put in the distance between the bit and the project.""




You are reading something incorrectly, when you are at your machine setting up to carve and moving the Z to position you are supposed to put the bit just touching the surface. Your Z depth that you set up in I-Picture can only be between 0 and .25 inches. The maximum cut depth is .25 inches.

If you have set the Z at 1 1/2 inches in I-Picture your machine is going to plow right down into the workpiece as deep as it can go, and will likely cause damage to the spindle motor

Page 22 of manual item #7
Note that for the Z axis
move the spindle so that the tip of the cutting tool
just touches the
work piece surface.

Here is a link to the manual: 1013 Manual

All in all I think you are over complicating what you need to do to make the machine work, for instance there is no reason to open a gcode file unless (A) you intend to edit it or (B) you are just curious as to what it looks like and in that case it is nothing but page after page of numerical codes which tell the machine what to do. I just opened the Gcode file for the image I mention below and it contains 625 pages of gcode amounting to 1,422,008 numerical commands
For instance I just converted the picture of the wings I loaded in the previous post previous post. I put in these dimensions: in the box for X (first box) I put 10.0 inches, then clicked on the second box and it auto entered the dimension of 9.62 inches Which is correct because the image is not a perfect square. I then entered in the depth (Z) box 0.118, left the scan step box as it was and chose a 1/32" bit in that box. I then set the Feed Depth per cycle at 0.118 (which is the same as the top box for Z depth. Next I clicked to convert, it took about 3 minutes and converted the image to code. I renamed it Wingy and saved it to a file. You should just save it to your flash drive.

If you wanted to carve it all you have to to do is save it to your flash drive and put the flash drive into the machine and pick that file to carve, and follow the instructions for setting up the machine as per the manual.

I-Picture program was designed so that someone could use a CNC carver without having to learn a bunch of CAD program commands and 3D modeling techniques. If you follow the instructions like I posted earlier EXACTLY like the instructions, with no variation you should be able to carve that design with the machine.

Hi Bob, i think your right that i'm making this harder than it should... but all i was doing really is going by the manuel on page 15, useing i-picture.... 1. opening a file

     start i picture under the tab, click open file to upload your image, alow formats to do, to open a gcode file click open gcode!!!! OMG... i thought it said open gcode! instead of (to) open a gcode file. that is where i messed up because i read it wrong! well thanks to you just maybe it will work now ?    and i'll take that 1 1/2 out and put in  0.118   now for the x/y i just put in the size of the piece of wood and the machine does the converting so the image fits right ?    another confusing area is do i upload a greyscale image and mine ?  or am i loading a greyscale image to i picture and my picture to the fd... 

ipicture sets up the picture to carve based upon the darkness of the colors within the picture. White equals zero depth, black equals the deepest depth set in ipicture. Grays of varying darkness make up the area between white and black. When you set the Z dimension in ipicture, you are telling it how deep to carve from where you manually set the bit on the setup, I bring the bit down to just where it touches the wood and then lift it up just a little so that on "white" sections the bit actually floats just a little above the wood carving nothing but air. I never set my carving depth (Z) at anything more than 0.25 anymore, most carvings are at .2 or less.

We recommend using a guassian blur (or other type blur) within your photo editing software to soften the edges. For example, a black box on a white background. The ipicture software would interpret this as a straight plunge cut the instant it comes upon that black area, plunge cuts put excessive side loading on the spindle motor leading to failure. I'm a prime example of someone who did this at the beginning. The blur allows you to round off the edge slightly so the bit slowly works its way down to the final depth. This is not necessary when you are using the projects provided with the machine, they've already done so.

And here is an example of an image that has been properly made into a grayscale, that has the features you need to make satisfactory carvings.

Original:



I-Picture view of how the image will carve:

ok so my own image is not doable right now, so just use the GS images from the cd that came with it. so what about just text for a sign ?  like say  (the lake house) or just a outlined drawing of a football ?   sent you an email on the results... maybe something wrong with machine ?   it let me go through all the steps up till the end where the final click process... the router never turned on and the table went far left and the screen said completed and end.  but the FD load file said GCODE and not WINGY2  dont know it thats right but it looked like it was to carve but did not!  atleast i know most of the time i was doing it wrong because i was loading my own image.... but i will carve a GS image just to see but if it can carve text and outlined drawings that would be nice!!   thanks for your time and help guys.. 

it worked Bob, your a good guy for helping me so much with this! it was so fun watching it do the carve... so if i do text or a outline drawing make sure its not clear and sharp but blury but so you can still know what it is!  i'll try that soon.