Location of v8ccp training

[Frank246 (Frank Smith)]

Spent all afternoon trying to find how to get an stl into CCP and have it just do a basic contour cutout of flat material. Doesn’t seem to work the way it did in v7 but it has been a while since I’ve had to work with an stl file just to cut flat pieces. Any one able to point me in the right direction? Thanks

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

See:

Import STL into v8

as requested on support… Given a file: [image] which has dimensions: [image] (note that the file was damaged and had to be repaired) We launch Carbide Create v8: [image] go into Job Setup: [image] and set things to match, then draw geometry to match the Stock size: [image] Then switch to the 3D Model tab: [image] Import STL File: [image] and set the dimensions as desired: [image] Apply [image] Show 3D [image] Done [image] If desired, trace the 3D model: [imag…

and:

Importing Crocodile STL and assigning toolpaths

Hi guys and guyesses. I am hoping for some help. I recently purchased a dxf file to experiment a bit before purchasing Pro software. I signed up for a 14 day trial of 652 pro and find that it will not load a DXF file. Why is this so? The same file opens flawlessly in a vectric product and I can do everything right through to the carve, which it won’t let me do! I’ve been using carbide Create for the last 12 months and am keen on purchasing, but if it’s not going to work,it’s not going to work! …

as well as:

Importing an STL to a specific base thickness

Given an STL file: [image] which once opened and imported is: [image] Stock thickness is noted as: wood is .735" thick, I am wanting a .25 bottom Base. There are three different ways to approach this, but we will assume that the desire is for a serving tray which has a working thickness of 0.25", and which uses the full thickness of the stock. 2.31mm == 0.09094488 so the model will need to be scaled up quite a bit (x8) Rounding up a bit we arrive at: [image] so we draw: [image] …

[Frank246 (Frank Smith)]

Maybe I just can’t do what I’m trying to do. The STL file I have has multiple objects in it and I need to just cut our each on their own. Seems everything I do it either wants to cut everything as a single unit or I can’t get the thickness right to cut out with tabs…as though it were an svg set of objects.
Is there a way to covert an stl to an svg file?

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

It should work to import multiple STLs, and once the file is imported, the outline can be traced as shown in the above links to create vector objects (which if desired may be exported to SVG).

Moreover, in v8, it is possible to reposition and adjust 3D elements.

If you’ll upload your STL file(s) (or send in to support@carbide3d.com) we can walk through this with you.

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

If the STL file has multiple elements in it which you wish to work with individually you could section up the STL in a 3rd party tool — that would be simpler than importing multiple times, removing redundant elements, and keeping the removal elements in synch with the matching portion of an import.

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

Given an file such as:

since it is inherently 2D, it is quite straight-forward to just import it into Carbide Create:

right-click on the imported STL

choose “Create Outline Vectors”

OK

switch back to the Design tab:

Ungroup Vectors:

and then move objects around individually:

Note that due to the vagaries of auto-tracing it will be necessary to verify and adjust the tracing where elements of fit are involved:

[Frank246 (Frank Smith)]

Confused:
Looks so easy. It might be if I could “import” an stl file. My CCP only allows me to import “dfx, svg or c2d”. Are you using different software or am I not seeing some setting somewhere that needs to change. If I can import an stl file certainly that would be pretty easy to work with.

Thanks

[Frank246 (Frank Smith)]

OK. Got it. Importing into the MODEL tab, not the design.

Sorry for my thick head.

Thank you for the help.

Frank

[bpedit (Byrne Pedit)]

If your STL needs work such as, in your case, isolating one part, there’s a free program called MeshLab you can use. This also allows you to delete parts of a mesh you don’t need or want. And, important for me, you can rotate the axes so as to present another set of faces to model. As far as I can tell, CC itself will only allow you to use the six sides of the enclosing cube of the model which is aligned to the model’s saved axis system. You can change this orientation in MeshLab.