Irregular quadrilateral help?

Software Carbide Create
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I am a complete CNC newbie. I have been woodworking (hobby) for a long time, have built a few guitars, 3D printed anything and everything, and generally pretty handy.

And apparently really dumb.

Can carbide create be used to make irregular quadrilaterals? I don’t see where i can just change the length/width when i create a square. I can grab a node and move it, but it doesn’t tell me the length of each side. I know I can use the grid, but that is not ideal.

Should I just stick with freecad or tinkercad or can CarbideCreate do this?

For example, I just wanted to create a fender strat neck pocket. It is a tapered quadrilateral and I want to input dimensions if possible.

Thank you!

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When I need precision like that I stack rectangles and put them on a reference layer and then use snap to Node.

If you have trouble with that, upload a drawing and we will walk through it with you.

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Gotcha, I had already figured that method out.

Maybe i need to temper my expectations, haha.

Drag and drop from tinkercad seems like the easiest way then. Tell your devs to make this a thing :slight_smile:

I would love to be able to click a side and it tell me the lenght so I can double check stuff before sending.

Is CarbideCreate designed to be less robust on purpose? I was really hoping to use it for everything, but I guess that is me not knowing any better.

Thank you, sir!

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There is a measurement tool which may help:

It seems to me to be designed on the principle of the 80/20 rule — 80% of typical users use fewer than 20% of implemented features of typical apps, and is optimized for ease of use, and application to typical projects, e.g.,

https://my.carbide3d.com/#Projects

  • Drop tray
  • Cutting board
  • Signs
  • Clocks (well, faces)
  • Pendant lights

That said, I’ve pretty much been able to make anything I’ve wanted to in Carbide Create:

and see:

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