VCarve Pro Array Copy

[njload]

I'm looking to drill holes for a new waste board and was wondering if there is a way to use the Array Copy to CENTER on circles and not GAP or Offset the copy? If not it would be a great enhancement for the software.

Thanks.

[rscrawford]

I'm not sure I understand your problem, but I think offset will do what you want. If you offset 1", then centre to centre will be 1".

[njload]

Yes that works but the option to center on circles would be nice also.

thaks

[LittleGreyMan]

Hello,

Well, Russel is not the only one who doesn't understand. Could you explain a little more what you are trying to achieve?

[njload]

Ok, my waste board is X-940mm Y-998mm with 144 6.75mm holes. All the drill holes are 75mm on center apart. In order to drill this using VCarve and drill it correct I have to use the Array Copy and set the gap spacing to 68.54mm for X & Y.

Just saying it would be nice to set the hole spacing to 75mm to the centers.

Can't explain it any better than that.

It's no problem setting the Gap to 68.54 to achieve the desired results.

[LittleGreyMan]

Maybe I'm slow, but where does this 68,54mm comes from?

75-6,75=68,25

Setting correctly the first hole position and using a 75mm offset as suggested before should work.

[ger21]

Offset and center to center would be exactly the same thing.

[Adrian]

I'm not following where the 68.54 comes from either. On the attached picture I created 6.75mm holes and then array copied them with an offset of 75mm. Look at the diagram on the tool and picture the offset stepped over by the radius. It's exactly the same thing so there's no need to clutter the interface with another option.

[njload]

Thanks for all the reply's and info. Guess I need to use the feature more to get experience with it.

I'm good.