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

Sorry to hear about your Dad, hope he gets better.

There is a site called Vectorclip 3D, but you have to purchase a subscription. If you get files from them you have to make sure they are in BMP format.

Their file formats are : VNA , RLF , STL , PTN , and BMP

The only ones that will work with the 1013 machine are the BMP format

thanks for the kind words.... so far he is ok and he is on the home hospice, he is 88 and doesn't look it! but i know he's feeling somewhat ok because he says would you get that damn machine working... so i've been messing around with gimp and also taking the color images and doing some blk/white with soft edges etc... all the text is in blk with a blur and white background! i also have sitting in the garage is a 4x10 ft cnc space saver that i would like to mess with in a year or so and that should be fun! get some image software for it... learning little by little.  should i have the text white and the b-ground blk or grey ?  you would think there would be a greyscale library of 1000's of images like whats on the cd that came with the machine but no luck finding it! Bob said to check out gimp so i'm playing with it, so far i can't figure out how to save a edited image so i've been taking a picture of the screen!!   atleast i'm having fun and have new things to try to explain to dad.... if i had the wood turned the right way those wings link from bob would have turned out really cool... thanks again

jgstang.....concerning your question with letters, it depends on what you're attempting to have in your design. White letters with black/gray background will leave the letters rising up from the background; white background with black letters will leave the background uncarved with just the letters being carved down into the piece. Blurring the edges will soften the cut with either style of design, and if you use a font with really tight edges it can help avoid wood splitting in certain areas where the bit goes up and down, for example the circle on a P.

i'm back and feeling like a computer dummy again!!!


ok i'm doing something wrong and don't know what... first i'm useing a greyscale heart picture that the machine came with!

so i open i picture and open image and load the greyscale image.

size boxs left to right useing in inches  5" 5" 1.5"

it changes to 5.613 5.0 0.118

scan step 0.007874

tool type r 1/32

feed depth .15 for approx 3/16"

i use center

click convert and the loading bar go's across

g code saved and click ok

somewhere in there i inserted the file name as heart

after all looks done i pull out the usb out and i also tried clicking exit then remove the usb



turn the machine on, insert usb in machine and when i get to the part select file, enter and nothing loaded ? when Bob sent me the sample he had done in a link it load to the usb just fine and the machine worked great so i'm of course doing something wrong or not completeing something ?? thanks again in advance!!

well came home for lunch and i guess the image and converting is not going to the usb ?   the machine says system file 1 only.. i picture seems to load the image (greyscale) heart , i put in the full file name right above gee code and it does everything and even says g code saved and i click ok.. i even tried right clicking the image and sent the image to the usb and nothing... a box came up saying to go to files ?   its right there downloaded on my greyscale files folder and says under the image ct-f005-ob.frame so that is what i put in as the file name, this is the same new usb 32G that worked with Bobs link he sent! would it be better if i plugged the computer directly into the cnc ?    i plug the usb into the computer and it says file emty.  back to work and hope to talk to you tonight.