Carbide Create Gets a New Toolpath: 'Advanced Vcarve'

Advanced Vcarve is is one of the biggest leaps in Carbide Create's capabilities and usefulness, adding the ability to v-carve larger shapes down to a fixed depth. Here's how it works.

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[MattLitkeRacing]

I appreciate that you guys keep working on updates. I don’t mind buying an upgrade once in a while to keep the development going

[jeremysmith]

I have just been running the pocketing bit as the same v carve bit, since I don't have the bit setter. Works great most of the time. Not always, but generally speaking...it works.

[darrelnystrom]

Very nice! I'm in the early learning stages of working with CC and this was one of the first hurdles/limitations I ran into. Thanks!

[CDPropShop]

This is EXACTLY WHAT I NEED! Thanks Winston and team!

[bradleykrone]

Great work. Really enjoy how you keep adding new features. Makes me really glad I bought a shapeoko

[ex-nerd]

I spent HOURS trying to replicate this in F360 (the adaptive clearing really is so nice, and it would have cut in half the time) but after failing over and over, and eventually discovering their algorithm is completely broken even for regular multi-depth engraves (someone had already filed a bug on this) I have to hand this MAJOR victory to Carbide Create. Would *love* to see a tutorial with this new feature for v-carve inlay!

[BrilliantDesignOnline]

That is a clever adaptation of integrating the two toolpath types; very useful.

[holemajora]

Awesome!! With a bit of work tight lined inlays will work just fine.

[unaphiliated]

I was just trying to do this today and couldn’t. Good timing for an upgrade thanks!

[ryanzakszeski]

Looking forward to having the pocketing option without the bit setter :)

[ChvyKc]

Love it! The basic VCarve toolpathes have been frustrating. This is an awesome change!

[sj-kpks]

Any chance of getting a video on doing inlays with the Advanced Vcarve feature? I know a few people have taken a crack at it on YouTube, but it would be nice to have Winston's usual thorough take.

In particular, could we finally get a definitive numerical relationship? That is, given the female pocket depth "p", and the male Start depth & Max depth, what is the gap between the two parts, the inserted depth, and the glue gap at the bottom?

[manofomega]

Hello, Thank you for this tutorial. Do you have an updated tutorial on the differences between vCarve and Advanced vCarve? Very nice video, but the explanation goes very fast and things are being missed instead of emphasized. Or can you recommend a link?

[atm]

"I'm going to pick a duck"
Proceeds go pick a goose....

[revampstudios]

will i be able to use advance v-carve with out the bit setter ?

[princethethrone]

when will items be back in stock? it seems like years have gone by. Everything is out of stock

[JohnColgan.]

Great instruction, but it does come into an area that bugs me often.
The tools selection/edit is very bad. Tools seem to be defined & editable in imperial inches, but use of the tool is in metric millimetres & I keep having to do mental calculations in edit to equate the operation to metric.
Can you standardise one system? or give the user the option to select imperial/metric & have everything displayed in that mode?

[northwestgaming]

So if I built a stationery fence and got a bit setter one wouldn't really not to zero and could run production faster am I correct with this

[Locosbeardstacheclub]

If your only able to zero out one bit which one should I I use, the 1/8 endmill or 30deg v bit. Thanks

[qwagmyre]

How would the g code work on a non-shapeoko as far as tool changes go?