I bought my 3XXL in 2021, and it’s been a heck of a learning curve, but I’m producing more product than firewood, so I guess I am getting there. I bought Carbide Create Pro version over a year ago to learn 3d carving, but am now just getting started. I, of course, am having some problems. I have searched and searched for tutorial videos on this, and have found Kevin B’s information very helpful, but I’m feeling really old, as the technical info is just not sinking in. Here’s where I’m at: I want to engrave on flat surface for now, so I model a flat base the size of the area I want to engrave on. Import the stl into the base are, and create an outer vector. (TY Kevin!) I know the issue I am having is in sizing, namely heights. Can anyone point me to a step by step video or link somewhere (I’m finding a LOT with other software but not much on CC) I appreciate anything you all have to offer, as you have helped me out tremendously in the past.
There have been a couple of posts on this at:
https://community.carbide3d.com/search?q=%23tutorials%20stl%20order%3Alatest
if you would upload (or send in to support@carbide3d.com) or link the STL you are having difficulty with and let us know the specifics of what you are trying to achieve we can walk through this with you.
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BJdct3ZvYkG82FjLTqKouxYhsXbFgK5G/view?usp=drive_link]
and
hopefully these work… not too savvy at this.
these are the only 2 files I have tried. The angel looks like it is sunk way down into the base, and the racoon has very little detail. Don’t know if they are both bad stl’s or more likely my settings. Thank you!
Please try it now? I changed accessibility to anyone having the link
That worked, but all I got is the .c2d file:
which is modeled to be quite thin:
but which is being cut out of the bottom of a relatively thick piece of stock:
If you change the inside circle from Subtract:
then you get:
which seems to be what is wanted:
This is what I get in simulation. I must have something wrong in setup as it seems to sink way down in the wood
Did you try changing the modeling of the inner circle to add rather than subtract as suggested above?
Yes, and that makes a big difference in the 3d view in modeling, but not in toolpaths. here is a link with the file including toolpaths
I don’t see that that version is significantly thicker:
If we draw in a piece of geometry:
then model it to the thickness of the stock:
it is significantly thicker than the 3D model:
You need to make the model closer to the thickness of the stock to achieve what you want.
Ok, I will give it a try. Thank you for your help!