# Easle software and UGCS **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [May 14, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/easle-software-and-ugcs/23693 "2016-05-14T06:08:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PatrickDunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@PatrickDunne](https://community.inventables.com/u/PatrickDunne)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/easle-software-and-ugcs/23693/1 "2016-05-14T06:08:25Z")
Hi, I am new to CNC and have ordered an x-carve fully loaded,which will be available at the end of May, I am going to use easel to start and maybe get some more advanced software later like v-carve pro, is it correct that I don’t need to download a g-code sender with easle, is there one built in, and that I will need one with v-carve, I have downloaded and installed universal g code sender on to the laptop I will use and extracted all files but am not sure how it works, does it just have to be on the laptop and v-carve finds it, or am I missing something ---
**Author:** ![LarryM](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/larrym/32/51450_2.png) [@LarryM](https://community.inventables.com/u/LarryM)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/easle-software-and-ugcs/23693/2 "2016-05-14T12:02:22Z")
Easel is a complete design to machine program. You don’t need anything else to start using your X-carve. It’s a great place to start. This is a quick overview of the V-carve Pro workflow: > [@V\_Carve Pro (Desktop) workflow overview](https://community.inventables.com/t/v-carve-pro-desktop-workflow-overview/17656): > > V-Carve Pro generates a G-code file. You will need the Inventables Post Processor for V-Carve here: It’s the X\_Carve\_PostP.zip file. If you took the defaults for the V\_Carve Pro installation, unzip this file into: C:\ProgramData\Vectric\VCarve Pro\V8.0\My\_PostP Once you get the project generated in V\_Carve Pro and set up your toolpaths, use the save toolpath option in V\_Carve Pro. This saves the G-code into a file that Universal G-code Sender (UGCS) can read and send to the X-Carve, (NOTE: E… ---
**Author:** ![Zach\_Kaplan](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/zach_kaplan/32/84268_2.png) [@Zach\_Kaplan](https://community.inventables.com/u/Zach_Kaplan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/easle-software-and-ugcs/23693/3 "2016-05-14T13:02:44Z")
We have added a gcode sender to Easel so you can go from V-Carve pro to Easel to X-Carve if you wish. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickDunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@PatrickDunne](https://community.inventables.com/u/PatrickDunne)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 7:17am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/easle-software-and-ugcs/23693/4 "2016-05-15T07:17:14Z")
Thank you LarryM I think I will stick with Easel for a while until I know what I am doing, is there anything I should read ---
**Author:** ![PatrickDunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@PatrickDunne](https://community.inventables.com/u/PatrickDunne)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/easle-software-and-ugcs/23693/5 "2016-05-15T07:19:30Z")
Thank you Zach I will try Easel for now until I learn a bit more about software as this is all new to me ---
**Author:** ![LarryM](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/larrym/32/51450_2.png) [@LarryM](https://community.inventables.com/u/LarryM)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 7:54am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/easle-software-and-ugcs/23693/6 "2016-05-15T07:54:06Z")
I don’t know if there are any tutorials for using Easel. You can run the program without your X-carve to learn some things before your machine arrives. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickDunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@PatrickDunne](https://community.inventables.com/u/PatrickDunne)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/easle-software-and-ugcs/23693/7 "2016-05-15T09:50:51Z")
Thank you Larry, I did not know I could run the program without X-carve, I will play about with it and learn something ---
**Author:** ![PatrickDunne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a3d4f5/32.png) [@PatrickDunne](https://community.inventables.com/u/PatrickDunne)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 6:05am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/easle-software-and-ugcs/23693/9 "2016-05-18T06:05:50Z")
Thank you for that Phil, I was also wondering if the laptop I will use can be used wireless or is it better hard-wired,