New to this community

[bsull837 (Bob Sullivan)]

I do not know how to use/reply/participate in the community. I have many questions, where do I go to ask?
Bob Sullivan
Freeport, FL

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

Right here!

If you see a thread (which is open — they time out and close after a while) which you want to respond to, just hit the “Reply” button. It looks like:

and is at the lower right corner of the thread.

The forum we are using is Discourse, which is a popular opensource system.

Here’s a link to a new user guide with some terminology on the user forum for the Discourse system:

Discourse New User Guide

I hope this helps!

Please go ahead and post your questions here, or in the appropriate area — don’t worry if you don’t put it in the right place at first — a moderator will be able to move it and explain why it was a better fit in the new location.

Alternately, feel free to write in to support@carbide3d.com

Once concern is we are careful of private information such as personal e-mails — I’ll be editing your post to remove your private e-mail.

[Varty5 (Michael)]

You’re here, you made, enjoy!

Welcome,
Stay safe

[bsull837 (Bob Sullivan)]

1. I am using create version 6. How do I draw a curved line?
2. What file extensions can I open in Create?
3. What is a good source for artwork (clip art) that is compatible with Create?

Thanks for the reply. I was confused because I could not see the words (prompts), in the blue bars, on your webpage. They appeared solid blue.

Bob Sullivan
Freeport, FL

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

1. Use the Curve tool

2. Carbide Create will open/import .dxf and .svg files, and will open .c2d files. Pixel images may be imported for either placement on a background layer for reference/re-drawing, or for Image Tracing:

Carbide Create - Image Tracing

We just posted CC 520 to: https://carbide3d.com/carbidecreate/download/ 520 includes a big new feature for us, Image Tracing. [image] You should be able to load a JPG or PNG and get a reasonable set of curves from it very quickly. A few caveats: Right now, it’s mono only so color images will be converted to black and white using the thresholds in the window. We’re not optimizing for very small images so some will work well, others won’t. We’d recommend images larger than 500px on a side …

If you have a Pro license you can import STL files or pixel images as depth maps.

3. See:

Where to source "free" files SVG/DXF

Well, there’s a clipart library w/ Carbide Create: [image] [image] see: https://elements.carbide3d.com/ and there’s also: and Bob Warfield, of CNC Cookbook fame has: And the community had the following notes on the wiki: Often, clip art will be done in stroked lines which are not suited to most CAM programs — the solution is expanding the strokes and unioning them: Converting line art for drawing https://openclipart.org Lotus Mandala Vector Art Pattern Files | FreePatternsArea h…

[bsull837 (Bob Sullivan)]

I have tried to use the curve tool. All I get are straight lines.
I have looked at the library provided by Create. I would like to find another source. If anyone knows of one please direct me.

Bob Sullivan

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

You have to click-drag-release to get curves — just clicking mimics the Polyline tool.

See:

2D Drawing

If you click on:

Where to source “free” files SVG/DXF - Software / Carbide Create - Carbide 3D Community Site

and scroll down there are at least 10 additional links which you could look into.