as requested on support…
I’ve attached the code for a heart box I am making. I’m trying to make the lid that will sit down inside the heart on a ledge about 1/4" from the bottom.
where the relevant geometry is:
First thing to do is to draw up the current cut in profile:
which leaves no ledge in the bottom, to add that, we inset by 0.25":
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and transfer that width to the Pocket:
We then use the previous geometry to cut a pocket to a depth of 0.25" to create the ledge:
but this would probably be better/easier to visualize w/ a bit of offset geometry:
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Note that the perimeter toolpath should be a Cutout:
which now previews as:
Making the lid simply requires a similar set of toolpaths, to a presumably thinner piece of stock. Since Carbide Create does not allow two different Stock Thicknesses in one file, we save and then File | Save As
delete all the toolpaths, go into Job Setup and set the desired thickness:
and then draw the desired profile for the lid
assigning a Pocket toolpath to the interior:
and a Cutout toolpath to the perimeter:
and then a final Contour to finish the cut:
Attached as a pair of v8 files:
HiddenBottomHeartTOP_v8.c2d (256 KB)
HiddenBottomHeartBottomFINAL_v8.c2d (588 KB)