The usual approach for making angles in Carbide Create Pro requires a large stock area, and oversize geometry which does not match the part being modeled (at least at first).
An alternate option is to use a pixel image with a gradient as shown at:
Here are 4 gradient files:
gradients_2000x2000.zip (12.8 KB)
which may be used to model an arbitrary groove limited to a drawn rectangle.
Given a design which for example is 1" thick and has a 1/4" groove at one end and a 1/2" groove at the other:
then one can draw a rectangle connecting those two depths:
and then import the appropriate gradient file:
to arrive at:
which may then be cut with rounded edges using a ball-nose tool:
Hi Will,following your tutorial but I am stuck on gradient files is this done in CC or a third party program.
I made them in a 3rd party program (Macromedia Freehand MX) — I provided a full set of all four possible orientations in a .zip archive:
Thanks Will,I am onto it now.
Worked great,Will would you mind doing one the same size but a gradient of.25 inch to .9 inch approx,I trying to make business card holders with a slope.Thanks in advance
That’s the nice thing about this — you can scale the pixel image to whatever size you want, and create whatever slope you want — just set the Base Height to arrive at the desired result.
If you have trouble doing this, upload a dimensioned drawing and we will walk through it with you.
Can I use this method to make round overs and bevels?
Bevels yes, roundovers would require a different graphic, one which I’ve begun looking into (basically the dark/light has to vary based on a trigonometric function).
That said, either of those are far more easily done w/ specialty tooling rather than trying to model in 3D.
Bevel is just a pass w/ a V tool, while there are specialty roundover tools which may be used:
Yes…I had mentioned this before…it’s a great method and really works well. I used it on this graduated cutting board channel:
I use Photoshop…which, with layers and all, make it easy to create the gradient and then cut it to whatever shapes you want. In this case, the gradient is on the diagonal.
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Thanks Will/Gary that is going to make a very interesting design day
