VCarve tool path always fails to generate

[darrenji (Gibbs)]

Hello,

I’ve done a lot of projects on my Shapeoko 3 over the years but have never tried VCarve until today, and for the life of me I can’t figure out what’s going on with toolpath generation. I can create an arbitrarily simple shape, say a 5in diameter circle, select the #302 V bit and accept the defaults, select the vector, but when I hit OK and wait for the tool path to generate it leaves me with “EMPTY TOOLPATH” forever. I can create contour and pocket toolpaths for the circle with no problem.

On a related topic, why doesn’t CC apparently differentiate in the UI between “EMPTY TOOLPATH” (I’m done and there was a problem) and “EMPTY TOOLPATH” (I’m still working on generating a toolpath but it’s taking a while)?

Any advice much appreciated,
Darren

macStudio 2023, macOS 15.5, CC 815

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

Upload a file where this doesn’t work?

[darrenji (Gibbs)]

Sure, here’s the file.

VCarveFail.c2d (44 KB)

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

Okay, we select the circle:

Switch to Toolpaths:

click

Use current selection

Fill in all the possibilities:

Yes

and make certain that the “Enable Area Pocket Tool” (after filling in that tool option and okaying the use of a V tool) is checked:

OK

Disable the Pocket toolpath:

and one gets the equivalent of a V carve toolpath:

[darrenji (Gibbs)]

Thanks Will!
That was not obvious to me but I see the logic after your explanation.