Getting my machine to start carving

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

Did you do “Hello World”?

https://docs.carbide3d.com/tutorials/hello-world/

c.f.,

"Hello World" in Carbide Motion 536 and later

Carbide Motion has received a number of updates, and the screens have changed a bit. Here is a version of “Hello World” done using the new version. At the page: there was a link to the files needed for this in a .zip archive — this has now moved to: https://my.carbide3d.com/gswso/09/ https://docs.carbide3d.com/tutorials/hello-world/s3_hello_world.zip click on that link to download the files: [image] “Save” Once the file has downloaded: [image] “Open Folder” The folder will open in…

Have you worked through the initial machine configuration?

Setting Grbl Configuration in CM 517 and later

Carbide Motion 517 uses a new system for setting Travel Dimensions which is potentially confusing: [image] Pressing the Load Defaults button takes one to a window which allows one to select first machine size: [image] and then Z-axis type: [image] after which selection the Travel Dimensions for the selections made are entered into the dialog and will be preserved if one clicks “Ok” (and of course that change discarded if one selects “Cancel”). In addition there is a “Send Configuration…

Did you do one of the other tutorials?

https://docs.carbide3d.com/tutorials/#shapeoko-tutorials

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