Tool library add ons

[Darrin (Darrin Allen)]

I just purchased a few new bits. 30 degree V and a 1/8” round over. I entered the feeds & speeds to the library. How do I get the design simulation in CC to show the appropriate shape of the bit.

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

See:

https://my.carbide3d.com/gswcc/11/

I entered a 30 degree V endmill as:

Roundover tooling isn’t supported:

Using unsupported tooling in Carbide Create: Roundover / Cove / Radius bits

These are usually used in routers for decorative effects in wood: but they are potentially useful for joinery: They are also useful for rounding off parts to allow rotary motion as for a hinged lid. Unfortunately, Carbide Create does not support this endmill geometry — but using the new support for previewing a V endmill when used in a No Offset Contour toolpath, it should be possible to preview them w/ confidence by stacking a series of V endmill cuts.

[Darrin (Darrin Allen)]

Yes I got the 30 V no problem. It was that round over I was concerned about. Just as I thought, fake it with something similar and use imagination.

Thanks for your help.

[gdon_2003 (Guy Donham)]

The simulations only work with bits that C3D has in their stock library. Now something like a 30 degree vee will show in the simulation but a round over bit will likely never show up properly because C3D does not have a round over bit. For those type of bits you just have to hope for the best.

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

It is possible to edit the G-code (if need be) and then preview it using a tool such as CutViewer which does support such tool geometry.

[CullenS (Cullen Simpson)]

Is getting CC to “support” those types of bits and others like tapered ball nose, etc… something that we could hope for in the future? Is it a huge task to add?