CamBam might be a bit more popular than Carveco. We know about 2 links to it since March 2021 and only 2 links to Carveco. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Artcam got discontinued a while ago but the original team rebranded it asCarveco. As I understand it, most of the original functionality is the same and you have a decent chance of finding people to help with the transition back and forth. Source: about 1 year ago
Personally I would start with the flip technique using something like Carveco or fusion 360. Any machine would be able to do this fine, just pick one that is suitably sized. Shapeoko is very beginner friendly and generally nice to use. Source: over 2 years ago
CamBam is really easy to use: http://cambam.info/ It doesn't support true automated V-Carving for text/images though if that's what you're after. You can tell it to follow a profile/line with your v-bit. Source: 11 months ago
If it's a simple DXF or a 2.5D part CamBam is free to try and works well: http://cambam.info/. Source: almost 3 years ago
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