Adding Endmills to Library

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

In addition to the video I wrote up a bit at:

Adding tools in CC440 and later

This is a bit different — the tools are now stored in CSV files Windows: Help | About | Open Data Directory Mac OS: Carbide Create | About | Open Data Directory to access the carbidecreate/tools directory), and it is first necessary to add a New Library: [image] after clicking on the “New library” button you will get the “Create new library” dialog: [image] make appropriate selections (note that certain endmills only appear in certain materials — at this time, MDF has the most complete l…

Note that certain tool geometries (bowl-bit, tapered ball) are not supported by current versions, so one has to enter them as ball-nosed tools.

Others require more drastic work-arounds:

Using unsupported tooling in Carbide Create: Roundover / Cove / Radius bits

These are usually used in routers for decorative effects in wood: https://www.whitesiderouterbits.com/products/1570 but they are potentially useful for joinery: They are also useful for rounding off parts to allow rotary motion as for a hinged lid. Unfortunately, Carbide Create does not support this endmill geometry — but using the new support for previewing a V endmill when used in a No Offset Contour toolpath, it should be possible to preview them w/ confidence by stacking a series o…