For example in CC, to draw a simple square of X dimensions and place a circle at specific XY location within the circle. I find it very challenging to draw. What am I doing wrong?
I watched several CC videos but they just place a square or circle anywhere and call it good. No real measuring to the exact size of drawing more lije sxake up or scale down.
I usually find the snap to grid option with a grid that matches what I’m working on to be the best bet for placing things. I’ve also used anchor points in objects and then drawn lines out.
Actually, I’ll try my hand at a William type tutorial. This post is going to change a bit.
I’m going to be making a create file for a 4x2 MDF slat for the Shapeoko 5. We posted the dimensions of those recently on https://my.carbide3d.com/manuals/shapeoko-5-pro/ (Thanks @edwardrford !)
Going to work in metric since that’s what the slats were actually designed in.
I drew the outer rectangle first (kinda whatever size, then used the parameters to set a specific size):
Now, placing the holes I’m going to use a rectangle to get their placement correct:
Now I’m going to draw the inner circle using that node point on the top right of the previously made rectangle:
Basically same thing for the other circle.
Since the circles are pretty similarly spaced (in height), and the circles are already created, I’m going to highlight the placement rectangle and the 2 circles and then copy/paste, and modify the width to the second through hole:
Then the same thing for the third hole:
I’m not going to use any of those smaller rectangles for toolpaths, so I could purge them, but I’ll leave them in on the actual file.
I’ll try and make some files for 2x2 and 4x4 here in a few (4x2 gets to cheat a bit since they can cut their slats without having to do anything special), and then post them to cutrocket (link will probably be posted here later).
Edit: This link may work once the project is approved: Shapeoko 5 Replacement Wasteboard by Radiation
That’s exactly what I did. I used the rectangle shape to create a anchor point then from the anchor point drew my next shape whether it be a line or circle.
This crude method is time consuming not to mentioned deleting all the rectangle shapes used for dimensioning.
So I downloaded the Pro version ONLY to uninstall it was not worth paying for a software that couldn’t do simple dimensioning 2D drawing.
I’m hope that CC will get an overhaul. It’s been this way since I first bought my Shapeko since 2019, 4 years to the date.
Need to look into anchor points.
I did the grid also but again with dimensions always changing, the grid is rendered useless,
Standard Carbide Create and Pro are effectively the same version of the software. The Pro license unlocks several features (3d modeling, some toolpaths, etc).
I’m not sure what you mean with the second post where you state the dimensions always changing. What dimensions? Do you mean between projects? Basically you can leverage the grid to snap different components into position.
It’s entirely possible that what you are looking to do is better done in other programs. Or maybe another program makes more sense to you. If you find a drawing program that supports what you are looking for, you might be able to export an svg or dxf or whatever, and then import that into CC. Or use a different program for you CAD and CAM.
I have used a number of different CAD programs. I just started to used Carbide Create. It’s definitely different. You don’t NEED to use extra squares/rectangles like Josh did, but that might be something that works better for some people.
Are there things lacking in Carbide Create? Sure, but look at the price point (free) vs something like AutoCAD or Solidworks.
I use CC because I know the default feeds & speed work based on videos that Winston posted years ago.
I normally don’t use my Shapeoko as I once did years ago. However, I did found a way to export a .dxf file from Fusion 360 (free version) to CC.
What a relief ….
What I meant by dimension always changing is if the grid is set to 1mm then all my drawing in order to snap to the grid has to be 1mm. What if one of my lines needs to be less than or greater than 1mm then there’s no way to use the grid or I have to redefine the grid size.
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