V bit question help

[Oppie (Wayne oppermann)]

I have a shapeoko pro and for Xmas kids got me so IDC endmills and V bits. I never used anything but what I bought from the beginning from carbide create. I was trying to add the v bits but not sure because the program don’t have the diameter of the v. It that important? The v on the IDC bits are the same as the shaft diameter. Can someone help me please?

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

See:

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

and

Adding tools in CC440 and later

This is a bit different — the tools are now stored in CSV files (do Help | About | Open Data Directory to access the carbidecreate/tools directory), and it is first necessary to add a New Library: [image] after clicking on the “New library” button you will get the “Create new library” dialog: [image] make appropriate selections (note that certain endmills only appear in certain materials — at this time, MDF has the most complete listing — further note that one aspect of this is the suitabil…