tabs in preview

[jarm2]

I lowered the model height until I have .15 inches of material left below the model and the tabs still do not show on the preview. I am stumped.

[jarm2]

I will have to sleep on it and see if I have any new ideas before tomorrow. Signing off for today. Thanks again for your help and suggestions.

[LittleGreyMan]

The tabs do not show with only the profile cutout being run.

Seems obvious, but did you reset the preview before this test?

[MarkJohnston]

I have my tabs on a separate screen from the main page. I don't see anywhere on the toolpaths tab where I can select preview quality.

I'm not sure if this has anything to do with your problem but when I look at the 2D view you provided there are a few areas where the outer profile vector is cutting the 3D model apart. Look at the top area of the model where the vector runs through the model.
Can you snap a picture of the model 2D profile toolpath that shows the tabs added to the toolpath?

Mark

[joeporter]

You might need to do 3D tabs instead of the regular 2D tabs. When you preview your model, the cutter will eliminate the 2D tab...joe

[jarm2]

I cleaned up my vectors and reran the toolpaths. I now have all the tabs showing. Thanks everyone for your help and suggestions. I appreciate the effort. Your ideas led me to solving my issue. Thanks again and happy carving.

[martin54]

Good to hear it has now been sorted, thanks for updating the post & letting us know it was now sorted

[ohiolyons]

Hate to bother everyone, but I just want to understand what actually happened.

It had nothing to do with 2d vs 3d tabs, it was vector creation/editing/selection problem.

[signcut329]

The tabs will not show up if you un-checked the "modeling components" to see the work better, then did not "save or recalculated" with components checked.
I learned the hard way, couldn't figure it out, until I check the components, then recalculated.