Vectric Aspire 12.503

3D Text Support - Create and edit text elements directly in the 3D view with basic text tool functionality, expanding your design capabilities.
3D Sketch Carving Preview -Preview your sketch carving toolpaths in the 3D view to ensure you're completely happy before machining. Make adjustments with confidence and reduce material waste.
3D Node Editing - You can now access all our node editing features from the 2D view directly in the 3D view, including node and span manipulation and mirror functionality—no need to switch views.
Surface Color Simulation - Visualize cutting through colored, painted or laminated surfaces for a more realistic preview of how your finished piece will look.
3D Fillet Tool - Create rounded edges directly in the 3D view, eliminating the need to switch between views when adding fillets to your design.
Optimized Pocketing for Fewer Retracts - Experience smoother, faster pocketing operations with reduced tool retracts, minimizing machine wear and cutting time.
Toolpath Sheet Transfer - Easily relocate toolpaths between sheets or sides with a simple right-click, speeding up your workflow when managing complex projects.
Laser Sketch Engraving - Extend your creative possibilities by applying sketch carving techniques with laser tools for detailed surface treatments (only available with the Laser Module add-on).
3D Guide Lines - Keep your alignments consistent across 2D and 3D with customizable guide lines that help ensure precise positioning.
3D Trim Tool - Perform trim operations directly in 3D without switching views, maintaining your creative momentum while making precise cuts.
Visual Toolpath Status - Quickly identify which toolpaths need calculation with clear visual indicators in the toolpath tree, helping you avoid overlooking necessary processing steps.
Acceleration-Aware Time Estimation - Get more precise machining time estimates that factor in your machine's actual acceleration characteristics, helping you plan production more accurately.
Editable Dimensions - Dynamically edit all dimension types by dragging control points to adjust properties like anchor points, offsets, caption size, text, and position. Resizing a dimension with its part automatically updates values, ensuring accuracy as your design evolves.
Smart Part Selection - Save time with intelligent part detection that allows you to select complete parts without requiring manual grouping first.
Quick Node Editing with Shapes - Switch between shape tools and node editing seamlessly, maintaining your creative flow while making precise adjustments.
3D Line Length Editing - Adjust line lengths directly in the 3D view by simply selecting and typing in your desired measurement, speeding up precise adjustments.
3D Extend Vectors Tool - The Extend Vectors tool is now seamlessly integrated into the 3D View, enhancing your workflow with a more fluid and intuitive experience
3D Grid View - Maintain consistent measurements and alignments in 3D with the same helpful grid system you rely on in 2D view.
Flexible Nesting Options - Maintain better project organization by nesting parts directly on your chosen sheet instead of creating new ones automatically.
Sheet Specific Toolpaths - Keep your project more organized with toolpath groups that stay connected to their associated sheets, reducing confusion and errors.
Tool-Inclusive Naming - Identify toolpaths more easily with automatic inclusion of tool names in multi-tool operations, reducing confusion when managing complex projects.
Resizeable Interface Elements - Customize your interface to better match your workflow by resizing dropdown menus to show more items at once.
Duplicate Layers - A new duplicate option in the right-click menu lets you easily copy layers and their objects, streamlining design experimentation while preserving the original layer and its content.
Sheet Duplication - Create identical copies of sheets—complete with vectors, models, and toolpaths—with a simple menu command, saving time when working with variations.
Quick Component Baking - Access component baking functions more quickly through the context menu, streamlining your workflow when finalizing designs.
Rotary Import Orientation - Position rotary models more intuitively with the included orientation gizmo, simplifying the setup process for rotary machining.
Polyline Enhancements - With the polyline tool, use the up/down arrow keys to cycle through modes—length, length + angle, absolute XY, and relative XY—allowing precise node placement directly in the 3D view without form options.
Drag and Drop Layer Management - Organize your project more intuitively by simply dragging layers into your preferred order.
Layer Filtering - Clean up your workspace by hiding empty layers, making it easier to focus on the layers that contain actual content.
Peck Drilling Visualization - See exactly how peck drilling operations will execute in simulation, giving you better insight into this specialized drilling technique.
Enhanced Plate Production - Organize your plate production more effectively by creating each plate on its own sheet for better management and output.
WebP Support - The increasingly popular .webp image format, known for its smaller file sizes while preserving high quality, is now supported for bitmap import in this release.
Color-Preserving Bitmap Fading - View faded bitmaps with their original color integrity maintained, giving you better visual reference while working on your design.