New to PhotoVCarve and seem to be lost

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zehrah
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New to PhotoVCarve and seem to be lost

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Hello;
I have followed all the tutorials, read all the literature I can find. When using PhotoVCarve, I do all the steps in the tutorials. All looks good. Save and open in control panel 2. And will only carve a .25 square. It seems like I have clicked somewhere I wasn't supposed to, surely in need of some experienced help.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Re: New to PhotoVCarve and seem to be lost

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Might be a mismatch between millimeters and inches or the wrong post processor. Can you post your PhotoVcarve file?
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Re: New to PhotoVCarve and seem to be lost

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Rcnewcomb;
I have checked, double checked, triple....you get the picture , I hope it is something minor, flip of a switch...or something. But I feel very humbled by this challenge...lol.
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another pic
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I'm not sure if that is the correct post-processor for the Shark. I'll let Shark owners chime in.
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You have the wrong post processor use this instead for your machine. This is from next wave automation website. Must use this one only.
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also for metric
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What will matter is not what you bought but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave

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