Today I decided to enter in a tool so I opened up the spreadsheets I have in the tools folder by going through the About button. I opened the file, added the tool, saved it as a .csv file and put it back.
I closed out my CCpro and reopened it and it crashes and I get an error report.
I figure I did something wrong to the spreadsheet and I’m ok deleting it but I can’t even get to the tools folder without Hitting the About button on Carbide create. It just keeps crashing.
There went my only day off. I was going to cut some wood that I was looking forward to.
I have the version 774 DMG so I even went so far as deleting what I have and re-downloading it and it still crashes.
Does any one have any suggestions or experience with this?
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My tool folder is located at
/Users/ben/Library/Preferences/Carbide 3D/Carbide Create/tools
For what it’s worth, when creating a new library, I usually just do it within Carbide Create, create a new library, copy an existing tool into it, then close CC and open/edit the .csv directly as needed.
Edit: creating a library using the method above generates .csv files format like 'Amana+Shapeoko+Hardwood.csv` or ‘Kyocera+Shapeoko+Hardwood.csv’ so if it’s named soemthing else, it could be causing CC to crash, depending on how it’s opening/reading those .csv. Dunno.
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I appreciate the address. I’ll try that and see what happens.
The only .csv files I have access to are the ones that I have put there. Those are the .csv files that I get from the bit maker themselves.
I would love to use another feature of CC to add a tool but I haven’t seen a way to add specific information like a 45 degree v-bit. I added it to the .csv file and saved it. CC didn’t recognize it after reopening CC. I’m not familiar using Numbers, which was the program that opened it, so I reopened the file and made sure it was saved as a csv file and thats when CC started crashing every time I opened it.
Ya, you’ll need to use a .csv that is formatted specifically for CC to be able to read. Using a .csv provided by the bit manufacturer is unlikely to work, since CC relies on having specific columns and data which is unlikely to match what the manufacturer provides.
I recommend deleting everything in the tool directory I mentioned earlier since that might be causing CC to crash.
Then open CC again.
Go to ‘Edit’ in the top left of your screen.
Select ‘Show Tool Database’
Click the ‘New Library’ button on the window that pops up
The tool library is organized by machine, material, and whatever library name, so select those options and enter whatever library name you want
Next, I’d recommend selecting an existing tool in one of the premade libraries, right click and ‘Copy’, then go into your new library and ‘Paste’
That should generate a .csv with all the correct column names, and you should be able to just open that .csv and edit it to fit your tool
Once you’ve saved the .csv, you’ll need to close/reopen CC for it to pick up the change you made to the .csv
Those spreadsheets that I installed from the bit maker have been working for the past 3 or 4 years. And yes, they have more information about the bit but I made it where CC recognizes it.
Somewhere along the updates of CC that ability must have been changed. Every time I updated it added on to the existing program so it didn’t mess with anything. However, now when I go change something, unlike before, CC crashes.
On the other subject, I have seen the users folder before but its been so long I forgot how to get to it. from there I’ve seen the library of the computer and all that. In fact I have programs in that area that I use to use but now I don’t see them? In other words, your link didn’t work for me and yes I changed ben.
Ah, gotcha. Didn’t realize you’d already had it working before. Cool!
As for opening that directory, I’m not sure how familiar you are with the Terminal app. If you open it, you can try running the following command:
open /Users/$USER/Library/Preferences/Carbide\ 3D/Carbide\ Create/tools
Hopefully it works and should open the tools directory for you 
Did that include the dollar sign.
I tried it and it says it does not exist.
I typed “open /Users/$iwannaapple/Library/Preferences/Carbide\ 3D/Carbide\ Create/tools”
I did delete CC and then I figured I could just re-download using the DMG I still have. I mean, isn’t that what a dmg is for?
Do you think I made it worse?
Hmm. Try just using your username (without the dollar sign).
If that doesn’t work, maybe try just:
open /Users/iwannaapple/Library/Preferences
then try looking for the correct Carbide folders manually?
Edit: since i don’t know where CC is installed on your Mac, you could also try running the following command to try to locate the Preferences directory:
find /Users/iwannaapple -iname “Carbide Create” -type d 2> /dev/null
this might take a moment to run, but should hopefully print out the directory where CC Preferences are located. You could then use that to find the tools directory
Thanks for sticking with me. That first method worked and I found the files.
I deleted everything I suspected that I’ve changed today unfortunately that involved deleting the csv files I’ve been using for years with all my bit info.
So, can I come back another day and ask you specific questions on how you would enter a 45 degree bit instead of the normal 30, 60 or 90?
Every time I try to do it the normal way I can’t enter info like angle. How would you do that?
For that matter I really don’t know how to enter odd information.
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No problem! Glad you were able to get things sorted out. Sorry to hear about losing the old .csv files. You’re welcome to ask me how to enter bit info and other stuff and I’ll do my best to answer, but I usually only check the forums once or twice a week. There are a lot of other knowledgeable people on here as well who have been doing this a lot longer than I have so even if I’m not on, there will definitely be people on who can point you in the right direction.
Also, a “How to Add Tools to CC” could make for a good YouTube vid if anyone from the Carbide team sees this
Ok, got my tools back too.
I thought I would tell you how I did it so you can import spreadsheet files.
I downloaded a spreadsheet from IDC woodcraft for all their bits. I do not think he has one for Carbide create but I downloaded it anyway and this is the case for others also.
Even though CC displays its information this way “Name - name - name”, I converted the file in csv format and I used this naming convention: “Name+name+name” to save the file with.
If I remember right (?) “+” is an escape character and somehow it reverts to “-” in the window.
Now all you have to do is close out CC and reopen and more tool options will appear instead of doing all the hard work.
Hope that helps you one day. Oh yeah, you have to copy the file and then open the tools folder and just paste it there and re-open CC
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Nice! Didn’t know you could do that. I’ll definitely give that a shot next time I get a new tool. I appreciate the info!
In CC on a mac iirc under File->About there’s an open data directory button. Under windows it’s Help->About
That’ll get you to the top folder, drill down 1 level to find the tools folder.
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On a Mac, the breadcrumb trail/tree is:
Carbide Create | About | Open Data Directory
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Thank you for your time.
But at that time, that would not work for me. Carbide create kept crashing and would not open.
Since then I’ve corrected the problem but now I am trying to make it crash again.
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