PANELS BY DUG

Photo to Carbide Create

Lay a flat part on a sheet of paper, take one photo from above, and get a true-scale .c2d with the outline and holes on their own layers. Add toolpaths in Carbide Create as usual.

STEP 1 Photo

Choose a photo or drop it here. JPEG or PNG. The sample below shows how it works.

How to take the photo

Lay the part flat on a plain sheet of known size (letter or A4). All four sheet corners must show.
Leave at least 1/4" of clear paper around the part.
Shoot straight down from 2–3 ft with the camera zoomed to 2×. That keeps the part's edges from leaning.
Use soft, even light with no hard shadows. A shadow traces as part of the part.
Shiny or white part? Put it on dark construction paper and enter that sheet's size under Custom.

STEP 2 Sheet corners

Sheet size

Drag the four dots onto the corners of the sheet. A zoomed view appears while you drag.

STEP 3 Trace

Cutout layerHoles layer

Edge sensitivity Smoothing (mm) Ignore specks under (mm)

Hole size rounding Round holes become true circles Mirror (photo of back side)

Measured width (in), optional

If you caliper the overall width, enter it here and the whole drawing scales to match.

STEP 4 File

File name Stock thickness (in) Material

The zip holds .c2d for Carbide Create, plus SVG and DXF copies for other programs. The file opens with the Shapeoko 5 Pro selected and no toolpaths. Check critical dimensions with calipers before cutting.