New to this and clueless

I’m brand new to this and not computer savvy.Where are the best tutorials. Ones that explain what each button does and how to use it in carbide create.
Thanks

LOL. Dude…you’ve come to the right place! Do lots of reading and ask lots of questions. The guys on this forum are great! Do the lots of reading part first though. I had to figure out that X, Y, and Z thing first of all. I had to learn what the gantry was, spoilboard, all that simple stuff. Yeah…a real noob.

I’m going in to my fourth week with my machine. I’ve been all over the web learning this and that, but I spend a bunch of time right here on this community forum and I have learned and am learning tons of stuff.

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Ben Meyers has a great series on YouTube to make your first part with Carbide Create and Carbide Motion. He walks you through it step-by-step.

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Good one! I also used Ben’s plans to build my XXL’s cart, spoilboard, fence, and cam clamps.

Well, we do have videos at: Getting Started with Carbide Create as well as https://docs.carbide3d.com/assembly/carbidecreate/userguide/ and a cheatsheet: http://community.carbide3d.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d6657615141501572de882f37b379a9f14996769.pdf

and here is one video which is especially basic:

Some textual ones which you may find of interest:

https://wiki.shapeoko.com/index.php/Child_Name_or_Letter_Board

and

https://wiki.shapeoko.com/index.php/Creating_a_rustic_letter

If you’d let us know what sort of work you’re trying to do and where you’re getting stuck we’ll gladly try to help.

Thanks everyone,I’m off and running. Now I need to cut some specific sizes but the auto adjust keeps messing me up. So how do I set my own dimensions and where do I find info for cutting with multiple tools?

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Dimensions are just a matter of filling in the numbers in the inspector palette. I believe this is covered in:

For tool changes see:

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