Can anyone explain how to enter this bit into ESTLCAM?
If you hover over the last few settings it has a popup of the dimensions it is looking for.
I’ve never figured out how to put those kinds of endmills in. Wonder if @christian-knuell monitors name drops?? 
I thought it was tip angle and tip offset (little math involved but I just saw the formula posted again a week ago or so), is there something I am not seeing?
This was the previous discussion
https://www.v1engineering.com/forum/topic/estlcam-and-new-v-bit-setup
I’d treat this bit as a shallow angled v-carve with an offset. The ball end is so small, it might as well be a v-carve.
Alternatively, if you know that your DOC is going to be very small (<1mm?) you can treat it as a 0.5mm ball end.
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It sure seems like it does when it comes to “real” issues or questions about Estlcam. Was pleasantly surprised at his responsiveness, and one of the reasons why I opted to register his program to support his efforts.
Right, but you can’t put that small of an angle into estlcam, unless I’m missing something. (probably math, I hate math…)
I only started liking math after I found out how much engineer’s make 
but it’s a love-hate relationship.
I just tried entering a small angle into the tool list, it didn’t complain… unless I’m missing something as well.
I still hate it but maybe that’s because my boss doesn’t pay me well enough.
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The angle might need to be subtracted from 90, I would have to look at the picture.
Bits like that (flat or radius tip) generally mean the given angle is of each side, so for ESTLcam, I would put it as a 10 degree ballnose bit. Since that bit is generally for 3d type carvings, it doesn’t really matter if it’s off by a fraction of a degree, unlike v carving. In the vectric stuff it has options for bits like that.
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