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Is this what you are wanting to do? If so it would be easier to just do it in VCarve Pro. Why not learn VCarve Pro instead of another program that will only give you something that will need to be imported into VCarve Pro anyway?

New user, new learner, woodworker for many years and love the technology. I have no regrets for buying the Vectric, it did take a chunk out of my already drained budget but it is a great investment and it goes along with my 'buy it nice or buy it twice' philosophy. I tried a bootlegged copy of Aspire and couldn't figure it out at all and gave up on that route. The videos are a big help and there is no shortage of them and also found other helpful videos outside of the Vectric site. I do have a couple of questions BTW, when I do the Ref All Home on my Mach3, the spindle homes but should it be centered over the very lower left corner of the work surface? Mine is actually about 14 mm left of the work surface on the X and I think the Y is a bit out in space too, but I am able to compensate since I don't put my project that close to the edge. Also my table has an aluminum T-slot surface with a hard rubber type of surface glued on. My wasteboard is 1/4" MDF strips cut to the width of the sections. I used double sided tape strips but it is not holding. I'm going to try rubber cement and see if it works. I need a temporary adhesive that will work, what do you think?

Since you say you're running Mach3 I'm going to assume it's a Chinese made machine. When you home in Mach3 it raises the Spindle, move the X to the far Left, and then brings the Y to the front of the machine. This is then know as machine Home. You can then move the X and Y to a location of your choosing and then Zero out the X and Y. This is then known as Work Coordinates. There is a button in Mach3 that allow you to toggle between Home Coordinates and Work Coordinates. Your work would show Zero for the X and Y, and then your Home would show how far the X and Y are from the Home position. I would use T-bolts to hold your sacrificial board if you're cutting all the way through, and jst clamps if you're just doing light carving. Also, once you've set up your work coordinates and finished a job you can click on the Go To Zero button and it takes you back, ready to cut another piece if you're doing multiples. I've got 3 systems running Mach 3, and that's my process, and I've never cared for double sided tape or rubber cement, however you might try Hot Glue. Hope this helps you.

OMG, talk about big boy toys, I shouldn't have looked at this, Now I want...

But the price, ouch!