That’s where I went wrong Will, I used the Move command when I shouldn’t. It works as expected by just selecting an item.
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Hey Chris! This is exactly what @robgrz said they were going to do above. The web-based extraction tool will be available to anyone who is a Carbide customer. Since you own a 3XL, you will have access to it - as long as you have internet in your office!
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I had remarked earlier in this post about C3D trying to support THEIR customers and not waste resources on non customers. One of the posts above from Chris Edwards is an example of a non customer becoming a customer. With all the problems in the world with supply chains, inflation, transportation costs and a myriad of other things going wrong in the world keeping a customer is an important thing. Now how many non customers become C3D customers is unknown to me. I started with a Shark and modified C3D gcode to work with that machine. I also had a Shapeoko 3XXL and still have the Shapeoko and the Shark is long gone.
So if the updates to CC are to just improve it for C3D customers I appreciate that. If the change is to exclude non customers I think that is a mistake. Now the updates could be trying to accomplish both earlier statements but please err on the side of all users if it is not costing you anything. You have a database of C3D customers and when people contact support have them provide that information if you want to weed out non customers from wasting your resources. You can accomplish your internal goals while not punishing non customers that may well become customers because of your great software and forum.
In the past I have considered using other software but I am still a CC and CM user. The two apps work seamlessly with my Shapeoko and what I am making CC does the trick for me. There are many advanced users on this forum and other software suits them better but I am like Goldilocks just in the middle, not to advanced, not too basic, just right.
So it is the golden rule. He with the gold rules. C3D has the gold and rules when it comes to what they sell and make and give away for free. Just dont punish non customers but adjust your procedures so you dont waste your resources on non paying customers.
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I agree, this is what would work… but, for me, web-based is not as “reliable, permanent, accessible” as a downloaded app/program.
I guess we’ll see how it works out…
That’s really all we can do…watch and wait. Hopefully, it works well. Lots of companies run web-only now…and we’re all communicating an a web-only program, so… ???
Personally I hate cloud applications. When I used Fusion 360 I still saved my files locally. I have had an Adobe account before and stopped using them because it was a cloud subscription only now. Google and Microsoft have their respective cloud drives and they do not guarantee the safety or security of your files. They try but in the end if they have a failure you have a failure. The cloud is all the rage but it is really still in its infancy. I just dont trust other people with my data. My data is my data even if it is not top secret stuff. Going the way of the cloud will lose me as a customer. Maybe that is bucking the way the world is going but buck it I will as long as I can.
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I’d like to see a couple of small changes to the cutting visualization. Add in an indication of where the zero point is, have a ghosted material to be able to see the paths through the material and cutting path max items. Depth, height, width length.
I apologize for the tangent: You’re not bucking the way the world is going - and you’re not alone in feeling the way you do…but the reality is: You likely use credit cards, you likely use a cell phone, you might use email or text, you might use GPS in your car and use EZ-Pass, you might have a smart watch, you might file your taxes electronically (or your accountant might), your home security system might be linked to the provider’s office, you might have an internet connection in your home, to which “smart” devices like Ring/Nest doorbells and thermostats are connected, you might chat on online forums, you might use a smart TV that hooks to your internet - or even just a cable box that bring you your TV content and allow you to buy, you might have shopped online, you have likely searched for something on Google, your doctor’s office likely shares an electronic health record for you, you might have used Doordash or Uber, or GOPUF, etc. Even your “land line” phone likely travels by IP now.
The point is, the definition of who you are, where you go, what you like, and what you do is ALL OVER the cloud already…with or without you putting your CNC designs up there too. The feeling to preserve privacy is real and you can lament it all you want, but the reality is, that train is already thousands of miles down the track…For better or worse.
- Gary
Yesterday morning, my internet service was down. So instead of my morning coffee routine of watching YouTube while drinking my morning coffee, I decided to do some work in Solidworks. It wouldn’t open because it couldn’t connect to the server to verify the license.
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I am with you on this. Call me old fashioned all you want, but part of what attracted me to the Shapeoko was that I could do everything within my own bubble, on my own time, with no worry about losing connection. The rest of the World isn’t watching me but I still prefer to think I am operating on my own.
One major advantage to having your own tools is that you can decide when and where to use them. Having to borrow creates problems and puts you at the whim of the person who has them. The internet will one day be all encompassing, but I still like to buy with cash, fix my own stuff when I can, and actually use my phone to talk to people.
I’ve been an Adobe user since 1992 yet will not buy into the new subscription based operation. The old tools reside on my old computer and still function.
If Carbide Create goes all Cloud-based, I will refuse to upgrade.
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It was! My version 6 on that PC looked the same as well after I installed version 7 beta. The grid spacing was 0.1969 in, not a number I ever entered.
v7 One more item to look at. Using the new arc feature, found the numbers came out different height than letters?
How tall numbers will be will vary based on the typeface design — many fonts have numerals which are a different height than the caps — for some fonts this is a stylistic option, c.f., old-style figures
I transferred a file from v652 to v710 and saved to v7
Now when I bring up file no picture of item and no toolpaths in v6 or v7etc. any other place the file may be?
Could you send both the v6 and v7 files to us at support@carbide3d.com and a description of what was lost/missing?
Not sure if (more) examples are needed, but finding some decent overlap between passes in the ramp machining. You should see a CC file attached, and it’s easy enough to mouse over the mcfly & 1/4 or 1/4 & 1/8 layers and see where there’s a good patch of unneeded overlapping.
Demo for ramp.c2d (244 KB)
Of course, if I’m doing this wrong, please let me know what I should be doing differently.
Can someone please answer a question about CC v7 (710). In earlier CC versions if you created a tool path and then saved the gcode and then moved an object in that tool path you needed to edit that tool path and then re-save it.
So the question is in V7 (710) if you create a toolpath and then move an object in that toolpath do you need to edit the toolpath before saving the c2d file or will the saving the c2d file pick up that you moved an object and adjust for that in the toolpaths created in the c2d file CC V7 (710).
Saving the v7 file will have updated toolpaths if you allow them to be regenerated before closing the file — this should happen automatically, and you should be prompted about toolpaths not successfully updating. Always check the 3D preview to be sure — that’s what should be cut.
A quick follow on a related topic. If you set the material thickness and create a contour that used “Stock Bottom” to create a tool path then after creating the toolpath you change the material thickness do you need to go back and edit the tool paths and click “Use Stock Bottom” to update the new material thickness or will simply changing the stock thickness and saving the c2d file update the contour toolpath to use the new material thickness. In previous versions of CC you had to edit the tool path to get the new thickness to be used.
Ha…this is an interesting point. Two thoughts:
- “Use stock bottom” is now redundant. You can just add ‘t’ as the depth and it does the same thing
- t is actually BETTER than “Use Stock Bottom” because of the point you bring up…if you change the stock thickness, I just confirmed that you still have to go back and update the toolpath…whereas, with t you would not.
So that makes me think: Should clicking “Use Stock Bottom” either “go away” or just put a ‘t’ in the depth field?
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