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by nboyce
Thu May 05, 2016 10:48 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: How to create a closed, interior vector based off of overlap
Replies: 2
Views: 1594

How to create a closed, interior vector based off of overlap

I have a question about creating closed contours based off of vectors that are overlapping/crossing each other. Say for example, the venn diagram attached, where originally each circle was a single vector. If I wanted to do something like "pocket" out the middle, interior area, is there there a func...
by nboyce
Tue Sep 15, 2015 2:43 am
Forum: Cut3D - General
Topic: Rookie: just want to cut out a profile
Replies: 1
Views: 3134

Rookie: just want to cut out a profile

(transferring this from accidentally posting it in the gallery) I just want a workflow to export an STL from Solidworks to Cut3D, and have it cut out a simple profile, without unnecessarily routing out huge sections as pockets. Basically as a simplified example, imagine I have a square piece of plyw...
by nboyce
Tue Sep 15, 2015 2:34 am
Forum: Cut3D - Gallery
Topic: Rookie: just want to cut out a profile
Replies: 6
Views: 16263

Re: Rookie: just want to cut out a profile

Yes but I'm trying to avoid the POCKET function, and just cut it out as a profile. Is that possible in Cut3D?

(I just realized this is accidentally in the "gallery" section of the forum, sorry)
by nboyce
Tue Sep 15, 2015 12:24 am
Forum: Cut3D - Gallery
Topic: Rookie: just want to cut out a profile
Replies: 6
Views: 16263

Re: Rookie: just want to cut out a profile

Ah, appreciate the g-code, but the circle was more of an analogy. So what if the "circle" is some complicated shape, or had interior cuts, etc. There's the "Cut Out Path" option, but that's no quite getting it for me. *See attached* for another example of random shape. I don't want it to raster-rout...
by nboyce
Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:56 pm
Forum: Cut3D - Gallery
Topic: Rookie: just want to cut out a profile
Replies: 6
Views: 16263

Rookie: just want to cut out a profile

Okay feel free to forward me to any other posts about this, but I couldn't find any. I just want to export a simple STL from Solidworks to Cut3D, and have it cut out a simple profile, without unnecessarily routing out huge sections. Basically as a simplified example, imagine I have a square piece of...