So I am a total beginner, I have watched interminable videos that suggest everything is “intuitive”, but am not finding this to be true. I have created a pretty simple design which just does pockets with a 1/8" end mill onto a small piece of wood. Ultimately once I am confident I can make this I want to do an inlay into a jewellery box lid.
I select my post processor as GRBL to import it into Candle but then cannot save the file as G-Code. The only options I have seem to be svg, a “V6” file, whatever that is and a c2d file.
What am I missing?
If you are not using a Carbide 3D machine you will need a Pro license:
Once you have a Pro license see:
https://carbide3d.com/hub/courses/create-pro/g-code-output/
For the background on this see:
Starting in v7 of Carbide Create they incorporate the gcode into the .c2d file. The gcode is encrypted inside the .c2d file. Carbide Motion can strip out the gcode but CM only works on C3D machines. If you have a C3D machine everything works but if you have a 3rd party machine you need separate gcode files like .nc or .tap file. To get that gcode from v7 of CC you need to buy the pro license to output the separate gcode files.
If you have a C3D machine your post processor should be the Shapeoko/Nomad to take advantage of the accessories like BitSetter/BitZero. If you have a 3rd party machine then the generic or gbrl post processor should work fine because they do not have the BitSetter.
What type of machine do you have? Carbide Create is free and works with both C3D and 3rd party machines but really works best with c3d machines. You can go back to v6 of CC and get separate gcode files but some of the newer features of v7 are not in v6. So it might be worth buying the pro license to get the newer features and to output gcode if your machine requires it.
William, thank you so much for responding so quickly; it salves my wounded ego that I was not doing something foolish, although it makes the free version of the software somewhat redundant.
Thanks again.
Regards
Derrick
Guy,
As with William above, thank you so much for your help and swift response. I have a Genmitsu machine so will perhaps revisit whether Carbide Create or V-Carve is the better software for me.
Regards
Derrick
I believe, you can still use the web program that Carbide has provided to pull the GCode out of the c2d file (c2d is just the file extension that is created by CC…that’s why it’s called a c2d file). You just need to be a (free) member of the community:
https://my.carbide3d.com/extractgcode/
EDIT: Actually, you might have had to have purchased a Carbide product to use that facility…I’m not sure.
Thanks Gary, I will give it a try. I was hoping to try CNC routing and carving out a little before investing in a “pro” version of any software, but maybe that will not be feasible, but I will follow your suggestion and see what happens. Thanks again.
Regards
Derrick
That site only works for folks who have been marked as owning a machine and are logged in here.
Non Carbide 3D machine owners should buy a Pro license to use a current and supported version of Carbide Create.