Carbide create between mac and PC

[Tbiertzer (Tim Biertzer)]

Good Morning,

I have a PC and use carbide create, and my son has a MAC and uses carbide create. My question is can i send him my files, and can he download them to his mac?

Tim
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[robgrz (Rob Grzesek (Carbide 3D))]

Yes, the files are transferable between Mac and PC.

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

Note however that font usage may be an issue if the same font, in the same version, with the same metrics does not exist on both computers (this can even be a problem without moving between OSs)

See:

https://carbide3d.com/blog/merging-script-fonts-in-carbide-create/

for one way to deal with this (or you can just only use the “CC” fonts which are bundled with Carbide Create).

[HaroldO (Harold Osmer)]

Or OUTLINE the letters before carving. Be sure to take note of what font you are using before outlining. You cannot go back on that operation.

[mhotchin (Michael Hotchin)]

In CC, that operation is now called ‘Convert to Curves’. As you say, it is not reversible, and you can’t edit the text as text once it is done.

[murphytj (Tommy Murphy)]

You may also need to share your tool database if you have changed or added tools.

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

@mhotchin

In CC, that operation is now called ‘Convert to Curves’. As you say, it is not reversible, and you can’t edit the text as text once it is done.

Actually, there are two separate operations, with slightly different results.

Convert to Curves as described at the link:

results in a direct conversion:

with curves:

but note that it does not resolve any overlaps:

which would need to be dealt w/ using Boolean operations or (ideally) Trim Vectors.

Outlining (using the “Offset Vectors” command):

and be done with a very small dimension:

and will resolve overlaps

but will result in a polyline:

which is essentially uneditable.