What's new in GCarve

GCarve updates continuously in your browser: there is nothing to install or update. The changes of the last few weeks, newest first.

October 14, 2026

Open AutoCAD DWG files (and export vectors as DWG); DXF files with old Mac line endings and unitless millimetre drawings now open correctly
Keep-out layers for clamps and screws: export warns when a toolpath comes down near one
Bit cutting length: export warns when a cut is deeper than the bit's flutes; the feeds meter lowers its range for deep passes
Job times count your machine's rapid speed and acceleration; small parts cut free without tabs are flagged
Simulate shows a progress card while it prepares; unsaved work is recovered after a crash on the desktop app
Place profile tabs by hand: click the outline where each tab should go
A DXF made only of filled areas (HATCH) now imports from their outlines

Simulate's 3D view draws pockets the right way round, lit from the upper left, with standard views
Mouse styles for the 3D view: Fusion 360, Blender or VCarve; 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse support in Chrome and Edge
Nightly backups with an off-site copy, security hardening and a daily summary for the owner

Text in imported SVG and DXF files stays editable; DXF blocks, ellipses and splines; SVG symbols
Smaller download: the app loads as 3 MB compressed

New Tool Library: search, shape and cutting cards, saved as you type; a catalog browser for 29,000+ bits
Round-over bits, texture toolpaths and photo V-carving

Open to everyone in the browser: no account to try it, a free account to import your files
Fillet corners, profile lead-ins, raster pockets, guide lines, tiling for long boards, two-sided jobs, trim and extend

PDF and Illustrator import, G-code import with bit detection, a machine browser for 2,100+ machines

The new GCarve (written in Rust) replaces the first web version at gcarve.app/app

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