Help - New Create User

Software Carbide Create
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Hi All,

I really don’t understand what I’m doing wrong here.

Ok. I create a stock that is 24" x 8" x 1"

I insert a rectangle, call it 22" x 6"

I create a toolpath using V carve (because I want a V profile) and the end result is the attached image.

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The path is wrong, way too wide, etc. I noticed the V bits all seem crazy wide, am I misunderstanding how they’re listed (.5" V?).

I redo the toolpath using a standard path and straight bit and I can get something the right width, but no V.

Any guidance would be appreciated. I’m very familiar with Fusion 360, vector apps, etc. But toolpaths is new to me.

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can you explain what you want more clearly

do you want the result to be a “flat bottom” area with the edges of that shape be a V shape?

if so you are hitting a limit in carbide create

you can work around it by making 2 insets into your shape and use the “middle line” inset of a general pocketing operating, and the “inner inset” with your outer box for a vcarve path… we can help you get that but can you first confirm that this is what you wanted?

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No no, I literally just want a border. A rectangle, who’s profile Inside is a V. When I draw a rectangle and then select V and run the simulation, it makes that path instead of just running 22” one way, turning 90 degrees and going 6” the other, etc.

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This is what I drew in Create.

Then when I run the toolpath, it makes that path.

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V carving only carves within a closed path.

To get the border effect which you want, nest two rectangles, or inset the rectangle by the desired dimensions:

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to arrive at:

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Ah I see! Because the logic of V carve is basically a pocketing function? In my head, I was thinking of it as more of a scoring/engraving function.

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Unfortunately, Carbide Create won’t properly preview a V endmill if used for a Toolpath | Contour operation. You can do so if you use a 3rd party previewing tool such as CAMotics.

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Thank you.

I have used Aspire in the past, so I think I may just be expecting too much at the moment. I do want to use Create, because I’ll have the bitsetter and the probe and just like how it all “just works”

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Aspire will “just work” with a suitable post-processor, please see:

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the other options is to really just follow the contour (the “no offset” option)…