Keyhole and undercuts with carbide create

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

There’s a toolpath for that:

For more on this see:

Using a keyhole tool

This came up in a support e-mail — unfortunately, Carbide Create can’t preview this, but it can be done — it just takes a bit of faith: ​ ​First, model the slot (the width should be a bit more than the shaft of the keyhole tool, the length equal to how long you want) — this is best done as two circles and a rectangle all connected — using a rectangle makes it easy to position the circles since one can use the midpoints: [image] ​Then draw in the entry hole (this should be a bit more in dia…

Undercuts can’t be modeled, so one has to take them on a bit of faith as shown in/discussed at:

Sharing Carbide Create Dovetail Files

Hi All I am new to this entire process. Have anyone created any dovetail joints using Carbide Create? If you have can you please upload a your carbide create file. Thanks in advance