WillAdams
(William Adams (Carbide 3D))
October 31, 2017, 7:53pm
1
Okay, given a drawing:
here’s how one re-draws it in Carbide Create:
Launch Carbide Create, and set up the job (Gear icon):
Stock Size
Width (X) 3.000 in
Height (Y) 3.375 in
and go into Document Background | Edit and change the grid size to something convenient:
Ok | Ok
WillAdams
(William Adams (Carbide 3D))
October 31, 2017, 8:05pm
3
The next part gets in to Boolean operations extensively. See:
https://www.shapeoko.com/wiki/index.php/Carbide_Create_Basics#Boolean_Operations
for more information.
select the joined rectangles, then control-click to add the rounded part to the selection — the joined rectangles should be solid, while the rounded part will be drawn with a dashed line:
click on “Boolean Subtraction”
WillAdams
(William Adams (Carbide 3D))
October 31, 2017, 8:13pm
4
If one wishes to round off a part, then there are a couple of ways this could be done. One would be:
draw a circle with the correct radius
draw a rectangle/square which has a corner at the center of the circle
with the rectangle selected, control-click on the circle to add it to the selection so that it has a dashed appearance and then choose “Boolean Subtraction”
resulting in:
Drag that to the corner which one wishes to round off:
click on the shape, then control-click on the object which will be subtracted and click Boolean Subtraction:
resulting in: