So I have watched a few of the tutorials for CC Pro but I am still a bit baffled by 3D. If I take a B&W png and import it as a component, the simulation shows the supposed carve just fine.
I see it now. My mistake was just importing the component but not giving it a shape to map to. I didn’t create a rectangle and select it, but CC happily imported the PNG as a component. Is that intentional?
Importing an image without a boundary is just fine. If I recall, we made it just scale the component to the document if no contour is selected. You will need a bounding contour to define the toolpath though.
Thanks Rob.
I create the rectangle, select it and choose Import Component in the model tab. I import my greyscale png file, select a .5 inch height and click Apply/Done. The 3D render now shows me a half inch board with my carved png image in it.
When I select the rectangle with the component in the toolpath window, set the tool to a 1/8 ball mill, it appears to calculate, but I am getting empty toolpath message. It still displays the 3D render correctly. Am I correct that a greyscale png file should work, or am I missing steps again?
how thick is your stock set to ?
one thing to remember is that the 3d modeling pretty much works bottom up from the base, while all other things in cc go top down
The stock is set to .7 inches. This is a quick 2 minute video of exactly what I am doing. It seems like I am just missing a step somewhere or a key piece of 3D knowledge.
it’s slightly confusing, in that almost all of CNC / Carbide Create is subtractive thinking, but 3D modeling is additive thinking, with subtraction happening only at the toolpath phase