Machining a Topographic Model in Carbide Create Pro

[@jrstudioboss]

Thanks Winston, looking forward to receiving my Nomad in a couple of weeks and making lots of model car parts!

[@justinrowan594]

Just a little feedback for the dev team, adding a stepover percentage input like V-Carve would be much more user friendly when working with very small cutters. Great video as always!

[@g4hsean1]

Awesome project! Might end up doing one of these for my home state!

[@bobbonham4823]

Thanks. Another project for the list.

[@davideide7820]

Do you know of a way to add an overlay that would follow the contour of the hills that would show a hiking trail or a road? I have done some topo carves in the past but wasn't able to add a hiking trail. Thanks.

[@teeengelke7275]

Do you have any tips for converting stl files to grey scale height map images? I have a 3D model I made in fusion360 and would like to use carbide create pro to make tool paths.

[@ecsyntric]

nice. would have definitely preferred matte instead of glossy finish

[@carbide3d]

The beauty is that with your projects, you are the artist.

[@transmech]

When will we add tapered ball mills?

[@harryragland7840]

I popped out to Carbide Create and couldn't find a manual for Carbide Create Pro. If you're doing grey scale height mapping it would seem that you have 256 distinct height levels. Can you give us an idea of the Z change per grey level? Some of the height maps out there have a yellow "no cut" color. Is Carbide Create Pro compatible with this?

[@atomicwalnut1581]

I'm going to do one of west Texas, it should take less than 1 minute.

[@harryragland7840]

You could do bed leveling with Eastern Kansas.

[@joeking433]

Can you use Carbide Create Pro with a Sainsmart Genmitsu type CNC? I have an Anolex CNC which is a typical GRBL type CNC like a Genmitsu. I bought Pro.

[@carbide3d]

If you pay for Carbie Create Pro, it can export G-code for generic GRBL based machines (or any G-code based machine)

[@briankunze5186]

Thanks for the tutorial! I have a 1/16" tapered BN but no way to enter it into CC. Is there any way I can input it into the CC tools library and use it without it crashing into the walls of the project?

[@carbide3d]

At this time those tools are not supported. If you're features don't have vertical walls though (or less than taper angle), you can just plug it in as a regular ball endmill.

[@menow.]

You (and the text above) said one free YEAR. I'm being offered one free MONTH from your link.

[@carbide3d]

Make sure you're going to the URL ending in "/promo"

[@menow.]

@@carbide3d I"ll try again, but I used your link, then the "get free year" button.. PS: OK, it worked this time, but I swear the "one year" button wasn't there the first time. Thanks.

[@carbide3d]

Carbide 3D is us. The company. Carbide Create Pro is built into Carbide Create, but activated with the license. You need the latest version.

[@davidrobey2124]

Any reason that I could not run this on my Nomad? I assume it would take a lot longer.

[@jordanwelch8294]

Ran a slightly smaller sample on my Nomad the same day this dropped and it did take a bit longer, likely because I tried the Teton range in Wyoming, rather than something relatively flatter.

[@tomosevans164]

Nice video, and great product! Do you plan to make (or recommend an existing) video that achieves a similar result in Fusion 360?

[@carbide3d]

There's a Fusion plugin called Image2Surface I believe. Not likely to make a tutorial for that, but it shouldn't be too difficult to use if you're comfortable with mesh/STL workflows.

[@jirij]

I've tried Image2Surface some time ago, but for higher resolutions (bigger pieces), it's awful to work with. .. Instead, search around for an external tool called "b2g", which converts the grayscale to an STL, at 1 pixel resolution. Fusion360 then eats up the STL without issues or slowdowns, rather than the quad mesh you would get from Image2Surface. .. To be clear: don't convert the imported STL, just apply 3D toolpaths to it directly.

[@KalebQi]

I live pretty close to Crater Lake. It's pretty dope

[@SouthernOregonCoast]

Hey Winston, I am a big fan of yours so when you come to Crater Lake I will show you all the cool places that they don't tell the tourists about. Check out my carve of Crater Lake I made in the bottom of a box made with my Shapeoko: wwwphoto.org/cnc/20200118-Ceramics_EllipticalBox-20183157-web.jpg

[@Paulman50]

👍🇳🇿

[@BillYovino]

I appreciate your videos but you really need to slow down. The object is to give instruction, not to see how fast you can complete the tutorial.