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Like a base under a statue?

If so, just create the base as a separate component.

Anyone know how that logic works? Yup. It is not about which direction you are cutting around something, clockwise, anti clockwise. The easiest way I have found to understand it is to: Pretend you are standing on the end of the line where you will start cutting. Look down the line. If you are cutti...

It can be done but it is a fairly involved process, at least trying to explain it. That is because there are some variables concerning the model, the background, etc. You can create a boundary vector around the horse. Offset it about half the diameter of the tool tip and then run a profile. That wil...

LOL, I hear ya.

After my father retired he bought a bait shop in northern WI. It used to crack me up, people would come in and ask him where the fish were biting. He would look at them and say "how would I know? I am in the store all day."

Sweet.

You can try decreasing stepover.

You can also use a smaller ball nose.

Both of which will increase your cutting time.

It is the nature of carving with a ball nose cutter.

Post your file.

Just looking at those pics tell us very little.

Nicely done.

Now, on to more important things. . . . like sending me some Walleye!

That is something I really miss in this neck of the woods.

What I do with programs that cause scaling issues when exporting to various formats is to draw a box around the entire project to a known size. Then when it imports incorrectly all I need to do is select everything and use the Vectric scale function to set the correct size. Brilliant! How have I ne...

Strokes are an interesting concept in illustration packages, ie Coreldraw. All sorts of shapes can be attached to a single vector. Typical is one that begins and ends with pointed/tapered ends. Those can be exploded and exported. The issue can be scaling. What I do with programs that cause scaling i...

It appears that the chamfer tool path strategy does not look ahead to avoid issues like that.

You can see the same thing with a profile strategy.

It is not "v carving".

Looks like mechanical deflection on the machine to me. What do you mean by a mechanical deflection? I’m thinking it mean that there’s a problem with the threaded rods or gears? It’s happening to all of the pockets in different direction so how would that relate to the deflection? Exactly what I sai...

Looks like mechanical deflection on the machine to me.

It is sort of annoying. Mostly I use it to create STL's so I am not overly annoyed.

Hopefully no one over in the Vectric HQ has the idea that Rhino is a "competitor". It is in an entirely different league.

Manual? I do not need no stinking manual!!!! Heck, I cannot even read, so I would need one with pictographs.