WillAdams
December 25, 2020, 1:21pm
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Again, if you have watched:
https://docs.carbide3d.com/assembly/carbidecreate/video-tutorials/
and read through:
http://docs.carbide3d.com/assembly/carbidecreate/userguide/
and
that should cover the basics — we have a number of tutorials:
The prototypical make a coaster project:
The prototypical first job for a Shapeoko is to cut a coaster — here we do this using Carbide Create, trying to make the job as simple as possible, but adding a bit of interest with an inlay, and increasing the utility of the object by rounding off the corners.
Before any real setup it will be best to go into Job Setup and Clear the drawing, and set the measurement units — please use mm (metric) for this tutorial. Note that the feeds and speeds in the Carbide 3D charts are given in Imperial inc…
obsolete with CC’s new corner options, but a useful tutorial on Boolean operations or doing this to imported or drawn objects
I’ve searched, honestly, but I still can’t find out if the importing of images is fixed, or I’m just doing it wrong.
Essentially, I drew around a spanner (wrench) with the intention of scanning it, editing the image in Affinity Photo, and then importing it as a background, to draw a vector over it, or as a vector.
Except, it’s either the size of the Eiffel Tower:
[Screenshot 2020-11-09 at 17.28.40]
or the CN Tower in Toronto:
[Screenshot 2020-11-09 at 17.29.38]
Oh, and the stock size is …
I have used many software applications and cannot seem to make sense of how this feature is intended to be used in Carbide Create. I have some very simply geometry that I imported as SVG and now simply trying to group these various features together. All I want to do is to punch out the holes in the lettering so that it is all one entity. The reason is if I try to center the whole works, it treats every entity as a separate thing and then jumbles them altogether in a clump. Yes, I’ve tried s…
I have a Shapeko XXL and I am very NEW. Basically I am having problems learning how to use Carbide Create. I watched videos but it’s not helping me with what I need to do. For example a basic triple Vine Monogram… I paid for the full vine alphabet off of Etsy. It came in a svg and dxf. Once I bring it up I can’t figure out how to edit it properly. I want to combine the fonts (3 letters) and I’ve deleted nodes but it’s still showing lines after deleting the nodes… ANY help or ideas would be great…
(the title of this post hearkens back to a small book / card which Warren Chappell created, “Let’s make a “B” for Bennet” — I was fortunate to meet Mr. Chappell when he was Artist-in-Residence at UVA on a school field trip when I was young, and he was the author, along with his cousin Oscar Ogg, of a number of books I remember from my youth.)
Note that the below is obsoleted in current versions of Carbide Create by the ability to asymmetrically scale a circle into an oval/ellipse.
Okay, step-b…
While Carbide Create has a number of stars available, some regular stars are not provided:
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Fortunately, it’s pretty straight-forward to draw a regular star:
Draw a circle which is the size of the desired star:
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Draw a rectangle which is taller than the radius of the circle and duplicate it:
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Rotate each angle by either positive or negative:
360° ÷ number of sides/points (5) ÷ 4 == 18° (for a 5 pointed star)
and drag them into alignment at the top center node of …
The best thing is to start with some basic task, puzzle out how to do it, then add a slight adjustment or improvement — keep building on each success, and when you have a difficulty, posting a specific, focused question either here or to support@carbide3d.com and we will do our best to explain in terms which make sense to you, and which you can learn from and apply.
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