I am new to VCarve. I need to engrave many, many, many complex lines and bezier curves that - by their nature - are not closed vectors. What do I do ??? I fully understand that for pocketing and profiling operations, one needs a closed path. But, for the life of me, I cannot understand why VCarve cannot engrave a single curved line. The most basic Gcode is for such an operation.
The 'Join Vectors' does not do anything and I get 'Ignoring Unsuiitable Open Vectors'
I am using Vcarve Desktop. I attach an image of a small percentage of what I want to engrave
So obviously I am missing some essential trick that must be built into VCarve. Any help would be most appreciated.
Kevin
Trying to engrave Curves that are not closed
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Re: Trying to engrave Curves that are not closed
Try profile cut on the line. You must specify a depth of cut and the bit being used.
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Re: Trying to engrave Curves that are not closed
Hello,
V-Carving is a specific toolpath strategy and Vcave is the name of the product, which is very confusing as it provides many other toolpath strategies.
V-Carving requires closed vectors, but as NormanAlbert says, you can simply use a profile toolpath on open and closed vectors. The toolpath will follow them at the specified depth.
Vectric documentation is excellent, and you will save a lot of time studying it. It's very useful and not boring.
You can also access the videos (also excellent) from the customer portal.
Mike has a very clear drawing explaining V-Carving and he will probably post it if he reads this thread.
V-Carving is a specific toolpath strategy and Vcave is the name of the product, which is very confusing as it provides many other toolpath strategies.
V-Carving requires closed vectors, but as NormanAlbert says, you can simply use a profile toolpath on open and closed vectors. The toolpath will follow them at the specified depth.
Vectric documentation is excellent, and you will save a lot of time studying it. It's very useful and not boring.
You can also access the videos (also excellent) from the customer portal.
Mike has a very clear drawing explaining V-Carving and he will probably post it if he reads this thread.
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Re: Trying to engrave Curves that are not closed
Thank you, Little Grey Man and Albert Norman
I thought the solution would be trivial. And it was! Of course I should have read the documentation - but, as usual, one is in a hurry to get a particular job executed and one makes wrong assumptions.....
I thought the solution would be trivial. And it was! Of course I should have read the documentation - but, as usual, one is in a hurry to get a particular job executed and one makes wrong assumptions.....
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Re: Trying to engrave Curves that are not closed
The Help-Help Contents in VCarve and Aspire has a lot of good information concerning the tools and toolpaths.
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