Ramping in Carbide Create Pro

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

The only way to get such an angled cut in Carbide Create is to either model it in Carbide Create Pro:

3D Model - Creating a Ramp object

That works. I was able to get: [image] my making a prism and subtracting what was not wanted: [image]

Or to approximate it w/ a series of objects and toolpaths:

Screen mirror for laptop/tablet webcam

The spine of the mirror holder will need to be rounded at least enough to allow a reasonable positioning of the mirror. There are several ways to accomplish such rounding: use a cove radius endmill — unfortunately, Carbide Create doesn’t support such endmill geometry, so no 3D visualization, and not sure if a 4.5mm radius endmill is available. See: Design into 3D: Boxes: Magazine storage for some further information on this Export the STL from OpenSCAD and cut using a 3D CAM program, or by us…