Help - 1st project was a fail

Getting from Adobe Illustrator to Carbide Create should simply be:

  • create in Adobe Illustrator — view in Outline mode to see what the vectors will actually look like
  • export as an SVG clearing the Responsive checkbox
  • open or import the SVG file

For the actual usage of the machine, there’s a machine operating checklist:

https://docs.carbide3d.com/general-faq/machine-operating-checklist/

and videos:

https://my.carbide3d.com/

and we have specific posts on various accessories such as:

If you get stuck on something, please let us know step-by-step:

  • what you did
  • what you expected
  • what actually happened

and we’ll do our best to work through this w/ you.