Doing a 3D carving but I can't figure out the tool paths in Carbide Create Pro

[StonyMtnWoodworking (stonymtnwood@icloud.com)]

Hello all! I’m doing my first large 3D carve and I am so frustrated!! I have Carbide Create Pro. I’ll upload the file because I’m sure my description will make it more confusing. A guy I work with is a huge football fan, so I designed something for his basement bar. In the top corner and bottom corner there are two footballs that I would like to be round and have a logo protruding from the top. I managed to figure that part out. The big model is what I am having trouble with. In the middle of the design there is a large football helmet that I would like to be round and also have a logo protruding from that. This is where I’m having a problem. I’ve managed to make the lines round but for some reason the center of the helmet keeps getting cut out. I’ll upload the file so you can see what I mean. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

toolpath practice copy.c2d (1000 KB)

[No_Soup_For_You (Dean F***)]

Try to combine the outline of the helmet with the two footballs as a separate contour using the trim and join options in line editing by selecting both footballs and helmet. Then use that joined outline to do the 3d carve for the helmet and in theory it should be fine assuming no contour cuts after. And worst case add a little z height and see how it looks. Another thing is if you slice some models in half using meshmixer you can get more definition out of less space.

[Tod1d (Tod (with 1 'd'))]

You are using “Limit Height” & it will chop off the component at that height.
Scale height will develop the component based on the angle specified & scale it down to that height.
To see what it develops without a height limit, set the Height Limit to “None”.

[StonyMtnWoodworking (stonymtnwood@icloud.com)]

Thank you for your reply. I tried it but I am having trouble getting the logos to protrude. I hate to be a bother but would you mind taking a look? As you can tell I am still learning. I appreciate your help!
practice 8.c2d (1.6 MB)

[SDGuy (Anthony)]

Here’s my try.
practice 8 sdguy.c2d (2.5 MB)

[StonyMtnWoodworking (stonymtnwood@icloud.com)]

Bummer, when I loaded it it was just the blank template. Would you mind trying to upload it again? I’d love to check it out. Thanks!

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

The file opens in v7:

Because it is a v7 file, there is no 3D model when opened in v8:

See:

How to convert a v7 3D file to v8

As noted at: https://carbide3d.com/blog/create-v8/ from “Breaking Changes” Files from prior versions will not load 3D components in V8. There were too many changes to the internal format for the new capabilities of 3D, and there was no good way to map existing 3D components into V8. so v7 files will need to be converted so as to use them in v8. Fortunately, Carbide Create has a feature for exporting the 3D model as a height/depth map pixel image: [image] so do that to get: [rams] Th…

For adding 3D toolpaths, see:

Making 3D toolpaths in Carbide Create Pro from an STL from Etsy

As requested on support… Downloaded newest software, but now it will not allow me to create tool paths for stl files. Always says empty path, no matter what i change in settings Given the STL file… [image]

[Tod1d (Tod (with 1 'd'))]

I see the logos protruding in your example…

What is it you’re trying to change?

[Edit] OK, I see on the toolpaths you have all the boundaries selected & it’s only machining around the helmet. Select just the outer vector as a boundary and it should machine the whole thing. Or deselect the outer boundary & it will machine just the 3D elements.