Another New Guy Question

[BiggCountry (Kelly Collins)]

I am cutting plaques and i need to put keyhole slots on the back of them. Can I do this by creating a polyline from my start location, then clicking on my end location and then back to my starting location and clicking on it again? Also, is there a way to add a keyhole bit to my tool library?

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

Yes, but see:

Using a keyhole tool

This came up in a support e-mail — unfortunately, Carbide Create can’t preview this, but it can be done — it just takes a bit of faith: ​ ​First, model the slot (the width should be a bit more than the shaft of the keyhole tool, the length equal to how long you want) — this is best done as two circles and a rectangle all connected — using a rectangle makes it easy to position the circles since one can use the midpoints: [image] ​Then draw in the entry hole (this should be a bit more in dia…

but note that it is not possible to add the tool to Carbide Create in a way that it is 3D modeled.