Guitar 3D Model - double sided carving

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

We have a bit here on luthiery:

Working up toolpaths for a guitar body from an STL or DXF

as requested on support… Given a guitar body design as an STL: [image] and a DXF: [image] We import each: [image] [image] and look into how the imported geometry and 3D model work out for making toolpaths.

Making a guitar bridge for Carbide Create Pro

as requested on support… Given a file in Carbide Create which describes a guitar bridge: [image] there are a couple of different ways which this part could be made: draw up contour geometry and assign toolpaths to appropriate depths (note that this does not require Carbide Create Pro): Spoon Possible without CC Pro? model the design in a traditional CAD tool, export it as an STL and then import that STL into Carbide Create Pro and then cut that 3D model using Carbide Create Pro: Instru…

and a search will yield more…

but it’s a tough row to hoe and for v8 at least, it doesn’t seem likely one could do an entire guitar in 3D in a reasonable fashion with the current UI — the neck at least thus far folks have been modeling in a 3rd part tool such as Alibre:

Alibre Workshop CAD/CAM

and then importing as a 3D STL.