Carveco Software Comparison
The Carveco range of design and manufacturing products have been designed to serve the needs of solo makers right through to creative professionals large and small. Here you’ll find a detailed breakdown of every feature included in Carveco Maker, Carveco Maker Plus and Carveco. If you’re unsure of which Carveco product may meet your specific needs and requirements, please don’t hesitate to get in touch, we’d be more than happy to answer any questions you may have around any of our products.
Model Resolution
 Carveco Maker |
 Carveco Maker Plus |
 Carveco |
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| Maximum Model Resolution (points) | 2000 x 2000 (4,000,000) |
2000 x 2000 (4,000,000) |
4000 x 4000 (16,000,000) |
Bitmap Tools
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| Bitmap Editing |  |
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| Bitmap-to-Vector | |
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| Adjust Resolution | |
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| Bitmap Layers | |
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| Deskew | |
Vector Tools
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| Mirror, Trim, Block-Copy Rotate | |
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| Vector Doctor | |
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| Fillet | |
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| Clip, Spline, Fill, Outline | |
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| Vector Layers | |
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| Basic Offset | |
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| Vector Library | |
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| Envelope Distortion | |
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| Multiplate | |
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| Vector Sheets | |
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| Guilloche | |
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| Vector Shadow | |
Text Tools
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| Create Text | |
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| Text On a Curve | |
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3D Design Tools
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| Relief Clipart Library | |
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| Scale Relief | |
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| Smooth Relief | |
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| Invert Relief | |
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| Relief Boundary | |
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| Magic Wand | |
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| Zero In/Out to Vector | |
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| Remove Small Holes | |
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| Paste Relief | |
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| Preview Relief | |
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| Create Mesh | |
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| Fade Relief | |
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| Relief from Greyscale | |
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| Extrude | |
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| Sculpting: Smooth | |
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| Sculpting: Erase | |
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| Sculpting: Deposit | |
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| Sculpting: Carve | |
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| Contour Blend | |
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| Shape Editor | |
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| Weave Wizard | |
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| Texture Relief | |
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| Turn Tool | |
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| Spin Tool | |
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| Relief Cookie Cutter | |
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| Add Draft | |
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| Envelope Distortion | |
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| Shading Parameters | |
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| Calculate Surface Area | |
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| Scale to Volume | |
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| Greyscale from Relief | |
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| Relief Mirror-Merge | |
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| Paste Relief On Vector | |
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| Face Wizard | |
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| Two Rail Sweep | |
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| Relief Offset | |
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| Slice Relief | |
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| Create Ring | |
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| Constant Height Lettering | |
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| Back Reliefs | |
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| 3D Blend | |
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| Create Cross Section | |
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| Relief Layers | 1 | |
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| Advanced Sculpting Tools | |
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| Angled Plane | |
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| Relief Analysis Tools | |
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| Silhouette | |
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| Texture Flow | |
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| Latent Imaging | |
2D Machining
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| Profiling | |
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| Drilling & Peck Drilling | |
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| V-Bit Carving | |
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| Inlay Wizard | |
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| Fluting | |
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| Bevel Carving | |
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| Custom Model Origin | |
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| Bridges (Breakout Tabs) | |
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| Ramping Moves | |
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| Final Pass Cut | |
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| 3-Axis Rotary | |
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| Texture Machining | |
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| Nesting | |
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| Guillotine Cuts | |
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| Drillbanks | |
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| Toolpath Templates | |
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| Toolpath Panelling | |
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| Toolpath Ordering | |
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| Advanced Profile Options | |
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| Batch Calculate Toolpaths | |
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| Toolpath Merge/Copy/Transform | |
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| Edit Toolpath Parameters | |
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| Raised Round | |
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| Sequencing | |
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| Fluted Weave | |
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| Smart Engraving | |
3D Machining
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| Raster & Classic Raster (X&Y) | |
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| Spiral In A Box & Classic Spiral In a Box | |
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| Roughing Raster | |
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| Offset Raster | |
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| Ramping Moves | |
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| Support For Laser Machines | |
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3-Axis Rotary | |
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| Advanced Raster & Advanced Raster (X&Y) | |
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| Toolpath Transform (Project, Drop) | |
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| Advanced Spiral & Advanced Spiral In a Box | |
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| Constant Z | |
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| 3D Offset | |
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| 3D Offset Spiral | |
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| 3D Offset Inside | |
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| Z-Level Roughing | |
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| Feature Machining | |
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| Surface Links | |
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| 3D Cutout | |
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| 3D Rest | |
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| Flip Machining | |
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| Ring Machining | |
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| 3D Printing | |
Simulation
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| Machining Simulation | |
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| Rotary Machining Simulation | |
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| Custom Shading Options | |
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| Simulation Options | |
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| Material Colour Simulation | |
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| Save/Copy To Relief Layer | |
Carveco Supported File Types
- AI Files *.ai
- DGK File *.dgk
- DXF (AutoCAD) File *.dxf
- DXF (AC1009) File *.dxf
- EPS File *.eps
- Duct Picture *.pic
- SVG File *.svg
- PostScript Files *.eps
- PDF Files *.pdf
- AutoCAD Files *.dxf;*.dwg
- Autodesk Files *.pic;*.dgk
- Bitmap Image *.bmp
- GIF Image *.gif
- JPEG Image *.jpg
- 8-Bit TIFF Image *.tif
- PNG Image *.png
- Carveco Relief *.rlf
- Carveco Model *.art
- ArtCAM 9 Relief *.rlf
- ArtCAM Model *.art
- Simple Relief Format *.srf
- Bitmap File *.bmp
- 16-Bit Grayscale TIFF Image *.tif (Carveco only)
- Picza Files *.pix
- CopyCAD wrap map with normals (*.asc,*.ccb)
For information about supported Autodesk ArtCAM ® files, please view our FAQ post.
- 3D Studio *.3ds
- Carveco Assembly *.3da
- Carveco Projects *.3dp
- Autodesk DXF File *.dxf
- Autodesk DWG File *.dwg
- Autodesk DDZ File *.ddz
- Autodesk DGK File *.dgk
- Autodesk DDX File *.ddx
- U3D File *.u3d
- Autodesk Machining Triangles *.dmt
- Wavefront Object File *.obj
- 3D PDF File *.pdf
- ASCII STL File *.stl
- Binary STL File *.stl
- IGES File *.igs, *.iges
- STEP File *.stp, *.step
- 3DM File *.3dm
- Tool Database Files *.tdb
- Toolpath Templates *.tpl
Please note: This list does not include posts, but we do include a variety of posts as standard with all variations of Carveco. For a full list of supported CNC machine tool manufacturers please click here.