A bit baffled by 3D

[fenrus (Arjan van de Ven)]

did you follow steps similar to

From STL file to Carbide Create (PRO) [screenshots included] (outdated, please see updated instructions in tutorial section)

Today I played a bit with taking STL files into Carbide Create (PRO). This is a work in progress, but the question comes up here often enough that I figured I should show screenshots of what this process looks like Step 1: Find a suitable STL file Not all STL files you can find on the internet are suitable for machining on your Shapeoko. 3D printers can print “true 3D” objects that contain hollow areas underneath solid areas. With the Shapeoko, you can only “cut from the top”, so the hollow a…

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specifically you need to draw a rectangle in the design pane

and then use that to make to make toolpaths