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- Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: VCarve - General
- Topic: Considering Vcarve
- Replies: 6
- Views: 97
Re: Considering Vcarve
For Solidworks you can extract the necessary 2D curves (vectors in Vectric parlance) by making a plan view drawing (.SLDDRW)—use an empty template, not one with information boxes, etc. Then export the result as a DWG file. Beware though that I have found that even if you tell Soldiworks to keep clos...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: Cut3D - General
- Topic: Rim around my model
- Replies: 2
- Views: 87
Re: Rim around my model
I haven't had a chance to look at the file but I would suspect that if you click on Material Setup in the toolpath sidebar you'll find a gap above the model. Make that zero in all should be better.
You might need to add a ubiquitous "zero plane" to make the edge cut smoothly.
You might need to add a ubiquitous "zero plane" to make the edge cut smoothly.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: Aspire - General
- Topic: Pocket Toolpath not Ramping plunge moves
- Replies: 6
- Views: 210
Re: Pocket Toolpath not Ramping plunge moves
Or you could keep the smaller stepover and use the "Spiral Gadget" and a profile toolpath instead of a pocket toolpath. Gadget download link.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:07 pm
- Forum: VCarve - General
- Topic: Enlarge screen view
- Replies: 2
- Views: 181
Re: Enlarge screen view
Perhaps a screen shot of what you consider to be poor details might help us. Windows has a built-in snipping tool for taking screenshots and saving the image to a file. You can even draw highlights and annotations. The saved image file (png or jpg) can be uploaded as an attachment here. https://yout...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:59 pm
- Forum: VCarve - General
- Topic: Vcarve Help Troubleshoot
- Replies: 3
- Views: 181
Re: Vcarve Help Troubleshoot
Good question. I suspect that unless you have a really specific problem and are directed to set it by support that it's an option you can safely ignore.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:56 pm
- Forum: Aspire - General
- Topic: Help needed please
- Replies: 2
- Views: 162
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:31 pm
- Forum: VCarve - General
- Topic: text cutting backwards
- Replies: 7
- Views: 231
Re: text cutting backwards
Without any comparator in the photo (e.g. a coin) it's difficult to tell whether the image should be rotated 180 degrees making the text "backwards" (flipped through a vertical axis) or UpsideDown (flipped through a horizontal axis). Having rotated the image 180 degrees it looks more natural than it...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:37 pm
- Forum: VCarve - General
- Topic: text cutting backwards
- Replies: 2
- Views: 134
Re: text cutting backwards
as Jon said dupe.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:17 pm
- Forum: Aspire - General
- Topic: Group Toolpaths from Separate Sheets
- Replies: 2
- Views: 186
Re: Group Toolpaths from Separate Sheets
If you have an automatic tool changer I can sort of see why you might want to group toolpaths from what are disparate projects. But, if you don't have one why wouldn't saving like cutter toolpaths separately and running them sequentially work? Unless you're zeroing off the machine bed you might have...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:55 pm
- Forum: VCarve - General
- Topic: Cutting fine lines in Vectric. How?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 191
Re: Cutting fine lines in Vectric. How?
Quick Engrave is meant to be used with a drag bit (usually diamond-tipped). The preview of such a toolpath never really looks convincing.
Try a profile toolpath "on the line". And set a cut depth of whatever you think will look good.
Try a profile toolpath "on the line". And set a cut depth of whatever you think will look good.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:52 pm
- Forum: VCarve - General
- Topic: Tool pass depth vs pocket depth
- Replies: 15
- Views: 492
Re: Tool pass depth vs pocket depth
From the VCarve 9.5 docs:
To apply either method click the associated Set Passes button to create the resulting set of pass depths in the passes list and diagram.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:15 am
- Forum: Aspire - General
- Topic: V12 COMING APRIL 2024 🎉
- Replies: 55
- Views: 15769
Re: V12 COMING APRIL 2024 🎉
Pretty much answered on page 3 of this thread: see here.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:18 pm
- Forum: Cut2D - General
- Topic: imported svg has duplicates of some vectors in cut2d desktop
- Replies: 3
- Views: 226
Re: imported svg has duplicates of some vectors in cut2d desktop
It could very well be that there are two in the originating program but they are grouped so appear to be as one. Or, if it is Illustrator, they might be a compound path that is "exploded" on export.
GIGO seems more likely than only some singles importing as duplicates.
GIGO seems more likely than only some singles importing as duplicates.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 5:07 pm
- Forum: Aspire - General
- Topic: Latest update 11.554 is freezing.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 337
Re: Latest update 11.554 is freezing.
Now that you've done many things at once (instead of the step by step course). Try turning off the software renderer to see if the video driver update and optimization tweaks helped.
The whole point of not using the software renderer is an increased speed in graphics due to hardware acceleration.
The whole point of not using the software renderer is an increased speed in graphics due to hardware acceleration.
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: Aspire - General
- Topic: Resize STL model
- Replies: 8
- Views: 399
Re: Resize STL model
A 2D version of why scaling after is bad: take a vector (path, curve, etc.) of a triangle. Scaling up or down maintains the geometry and relative shape. Now, take a picture of the screen. You now have a bitmap—pixels. When you scale that up 2x then every single pixel becomes 4 pixels (2 by 2 block)....