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

The usual suggestion for learning CAD is to take some simple real world object, measure it, and draw it.

A classic example of that for Carbide Create would be a pair of wrenches:

Importing a file or a backgound image

I’ve searched, honestly, but I still can’t find out if the importing of images is fixed, or I’m just doing it wrong. Essentially, I drew around a spanner (wrench) with the intention of scanning it, editing the image in Affinity Photo, and then importing it as a background, to draw a vector over it, or as a vector. Except, it’s either the size of the Eiffel Tower: [Screenshot 2020-11-09 at 17.28.40] or the CN Tower in Toronto: [Screenshot 2020-11-09 at 17.29.38] Oh, and the stock size is …

Assuming of course one has seen the videos:

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

I’ve written a bit on the basics of Carbide Create which may help:

https://willadams.gitbook.io/design-into-3d/2d-drawing

Toolpaths | Design into 3D

The big thing is if you get stuck, let us know what you are having difficulty with and we’ll either find a relevant tutorial, or make a custom one — a few of the more notable ones:

How to cut out text with a support

As requested on support… Given a file where one has text, and a support which one would want to be in the background: [image] it is pretty straight-forward to create two separate pieces of geometry which will cut out the text, and the text with support.

Cutting to different depths and avoiding flipping

as requested on support… Given a design which wants to be cut at different depths: [image] one would work up multiple pockets which will achieve the desired effect.

Re-working a design for a circular design

as requested on support… Given a design: [image] which one wants to fit in-between the two circles: [image] w/ 5mm or so border we would need to: ​ - select one element of the design ​ - delete everything else ​ - reduce the size so that the remaining parts fit ​ - edit the elements so that they match the circle geometry at their new size ​ - use the Circular array tool to duplicate as necessary

Making a dial or clock face in Carbide Create

as requested on support… Carbide Create has gained a number of features which make this far simpler than it was in the past, so recreating a dial face such as: [image] Is now quite straight-forward, rather than using the rather rough auto-tracing.