Software to do vcarve inlay

[Julien]

Do grab that Pro license while it’s free, but in fact the basic CC now has these “Advanced V-carve” toolpaths that will allow you to make inlays, see:

Using "Advanced VCarve" in Carbide Create 461 to make Inlays

[IMG_20200321_142953] Now that Carbide Create has the advanced V-Carve feature, it has become possible to make inlays (see picture above). I’m going to go through the steps I used to make the coaster. (Update two weeks later: I am learning that the smaller the angle of the V bit, the better this technique works. 90 degrees… don’t bother. 60 maybe… 30 gives much better results) C2D files: coffee inlay tutorial - inlay side.c2d (624.7 KB) coffee inlay tutorial - coaster side.c2d (449.1 KB) S…

Note that ideally you need a BitSetter to go with the advanced v-carve workflow at this point (though there is a way to circumvent that if you don’t with a little manual editing of the file)