F-Engrave does run on a Mac OS X.
Here is one method to get it running: F-Engrave on OSX
Please read thread for any questions or comments about getting it working.
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Hmmm - OK maybe it does.
But itās 21 steps to install and includes instructions like running potrace binaries and updating your PATH environment.
Looks like too much effort.
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Hmmm, buy a machine that takes days to assemble and tune and learn, with hundreds of stepsā¦
But in all seriousness, coding is not to everyoneās liking so I understand how you can feel that way.
Iām glad you added that second sentence.
I thoroughly loved setting up my X Carve and getting it working correctly.
Getting F-Engrave to work on a Mac requires a totally different skill set which is definitely not to my liking 
For now Iāll continue with my fudged up approach and fool my X Carve in to working. Just ordered some 20 degree and 10 degree V bits that should give even better results than the 45 degree ones Iāve been using so far.
Just added my comments on here for anyone else who wants to engrave with V bits but doesnāt have the right app to make it work. Until of course Inventables add support for it.
You could always dual-boot Windows.
I tried something like this before I started using my Mac. I have an old work PC running Windows 8 but I canāt remember the password. I managed to get it to run Ubuntu from a flash drive but even Easel wonāt work on that.
So Iām using my work Macbook Air. I opened it up in a meeting this morning and it was covered in sawdust and chippingsā¦ I managed to discreetly brush it off before anyone noticed!
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Can someone please make a tutorial video on using vbits for xcarve? I still cant get my head around with how to do it in easel. Would really appreciate there effort!!
When you import your design on easel, what bits do u select and what feed rates do u keepā¦please adviceā¦thanks
Actually, someone created a package to install Fengrave as an app on Mac. You just copy and paste the commands into Terminal windows. Go to the Github page and follow the instructions. Yeah, itās a little complicated but, to me who doesnāt make much money, figuring it out and not spending hundreds on another app was worth it. To each their own, though. 
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None of those settings in Easel matter - Easel is just being used as the gcode sender. Those things are baked into the gcode as generated by Fusion 360.
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Thanks for the link. Having a go now - wish me luck!
am also very interested to test on a rabbitmill v1 Thx Gernot
I am interested
Abso-frikken-lutely!!!
Just showing my interest
Even a āsimpleā text-only v-carve app would be amazing.
Full v-carve options to convert any graphic to v-carving toolpaths would be even more perfect of course!
+1 for this feature!!
Count me in!
Alan
I will buy this machine (1000) when it has v-carve let me know
Thanks for upgrading my understanding . any suggestions as to a inexpensive starter or starters?
limited income
Yes please