New to Vcarve and on my fist machine run using Vcarve toolpath the letters are not smooth but jagged what can cause this. this is the toolpath thats being exported to the machine from the toolpath viewer
Any help would be great, thanks
Help !!! . jagged letters in Vcarve
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Re: Help !!! . jagged letters in Vcarve
So that's the toolpath preview in VCarve?
Which font is it? Zoom in and look at the vectors that make up the font to see if they are smooth.
Which font is it? Zoom in and look at the vectors that make up the font to see if they are smooth.
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Re: Help !!! . jagged letters in Vcarve
What Preview Simulation Quality are you using?
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Re: Help !!! . jagged letters in Vcarve
after some messing around turns out its the font changed different font issue solved. Am surprised thought all fonts would be smooth
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Re: Help !!! . jagged letters in Vcarve
You'd be surprised. Many fonts which look great in type are often awful when used in the CNC world with loops and jaggys.