PVC to aspire resizing

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PVC to aspire resizing

Post by large519 »

Hi all,

I am trying to make photos fit into a specified boundary in aspire, obv I set the material size in pvc but some times it is either bigger or smaller than the boundary I require it to fit. Instead of resizing the material size in pvc each time and re calculating the tool path and re importing to aspire to see if it fits, if I resize the imported pvc picture in aspire does it re calculate the pvc toolpath to the new size or will the pvc tool path become distorted, once run on the machine?

Any advice appreciated.

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Re: PVC to aspire resizing

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Why not do the whole thing directly in Aspire? Anything PVC can do Aspire can do.

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Adrian,
How do you get rid of the background in Aspire? I PVC you can just check a box and click in the background and it goes away. Is there a way to do the same in Aspire?

Thanks,
Sam

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In Aspire the extent of the machining is controlled by the vector so the background transparent option as it works in PVC isn't required.

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Adrian wrote:Why not do the whole thing directly in Aspire? Anything PVC can do Aspire can do.
How do you do a photo carve in Aspire, I didnt realise you could.

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Re: PVC to aspire resizing

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http://forum.vectric.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=8731

Make sure to read Tony's posts in that thread.

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