Creating a path for a round nose bit in CC

[avtorres1 (Al Torres)]

How do I create a path for a round nose bit. I tried just drawing lines, (the 2 X and Y lines) but in CC tool paths it says EMPTY TOOL PATH. Whan amI doing wrong?

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

One way to do this is a single line to which a No Offset Contour toolpath is assigned:

Draw a line along one side of the rectangle:

Done

shift-click on the rectangle to add it to the selection as the key object:

Align Vectors

Then assign suitable toolpaths:

Attached as a v7 file.

ashtray_v7.c2d (360 KB)

Note for using the bowl bit that you’ll want to see @KevBarn14 's video:

How To: Use a Bowl Bit on your CNC Router - Feeds and Speeds Guidance

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

For perpendicular lines, just draw them:

and also assign a No Offset Contour:

updated file:

ashtray_v7.c2d (364 KB)

[avtorres1 (Al Torres)]

That worked out. Thanks a bunch.

[KevBarn14 (Kevin Barnett - Carbide 3D)]

@avtorres1 drop a picture here of your final product. That would put a nice bow on the discussion.