WillAdams
March 22, 2025, 6:54pm
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Please see:
It was the 3D Roughing and Finishing toolpaths in the user-provided file.
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which arguably were a bad idea, since I didn’t notice that they skipped down from #201 down to #112 and didn’t use ball-nose tools…
Trying to re-create the described problem, we edit the 3D Model:
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adding a base height which pushes the model up above the stock height.
If we then go to Toolpaths and assign a 3D Roughing toolpath:
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using instead a tight vector around the 3D model:
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and then try to create a 3D toolpath:
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it is empty as was described as a problem.
Going back to the 3D model:
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the red appearance is caused by parts of the 3D model be…
as requested on support…
Given a file:
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which has dimensions:
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(note that the file was damaged and had to be repaired)
We launch Carbide Create v8:
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go into Job Setup:
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and set things to match, then draw geometry to match the Stock size:
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Then switch to the 3D Model tab:
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Import STL File:
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and set the dimensions as desired:
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Apply
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Show 3D
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Done
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If desired, trace the 3D model:
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Basically if you want the object to come in at the same size it was generated at, set Z scale to 1.0 — if you want it half the height, use 0.5, twice, 2.0