Brad Castle
Articles
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Tips and Tricks: Safe Z and Home Positions
Understanding Safe Z and Home Position Settings in Carveco Overview Carveco provides precise control over your CNC machine’s movement between operations through Safe Z and Home Positio...
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Tips and Tricks: Adding a Tapered Ball Nose
How To Add Tapered Ball Nose Tools to the Tool Database in Carveco Overview If you've purchased new tapered ball nose tools, you'll need to add them manually into the Carveco tool data...
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Tips and Tricks: CNC Time Calculations
How To Get Accurate Machining Time Estimates Using the Toolpath Summary in Carveco Overview Carveco includes a built-in Toolpath Summary feature that estimates machining time. However,...
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Tips and Tricks: Toolpath Tolerance
How Tolerance Settings Affect Toolpath Accuracy in Carveco Overview In Carveco, tolerance defines how closely a toolpath follows the original design vectors. Setting this value incorre...
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Tips and Tricks: Twiddling the View
How To Rotate the 3D View Without a Middle Mouse Button in Carveco Overview In Carveco, rotating the 3D view is commonly done with a middle mouse button. But if your mouse doesn’t have...
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Tips and Tricks: Green and Red Markers
Understanding Start and End Points for Vectors in Carveco Overview In Carveco, vectors have clearly defined start and end points. Understanding these markers is essential when preparin...
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Tips and Tricks: Nudge Distance
How To Nudge Objects Precisely in Carveco Overview Moving objects in small increments — or "nudging" — is useful when you're positioning artwork or aligning elements in your design. In...
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Tips and Tricks: Making the Model Smaller
How To Resize a Model Without Affecting Artwork in Carveco Overview If you've created a model that’s larger than necessary for your design, resizing it without affecting your artwork i...
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Tips and Tricks: Measuring Models
How To Measure Artwork and Model Dimensions in Carveco Overview In Carveco, measuring the size of your model or specific artwork elements like text or vectors is simple once you know w...
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Tips and Tricks: Machining Grooves with Fluting
How To Machine Grooves Using the Fluting Toolpath in Carveco Overview This tutorial explores how to create smooth, visually appealing grooves using the Fluting Toolpath in Carveco. Unl...