V-carve calculates Pocket toolpath

[Bowpond]

Hi, I'm brand new to this, so trying to take everything in. I've watched tutorials over and over and I am missing something. I ran a toolpath using V-carve with a V-groove 90 bit, to just engrave lettering on a board as I figured this would be an easy place to start! I select the v-carve icon, complete the details, and when I go to view the toolpath it runs a pocket toolpath, where it removes everything except the letters? I tried changing depths, and vector path, but no luck. The crazy issue is that I got it to run once in V-carve, but when I tried to replicate it, I keep getting the opposite to what I thought I was creating? I know I'm missing something really simple, but I am stumped! Any help sure would reduce the frustration level!
Thanks

[Adrian]

Sounds like you have an extra vector outside of the letters selected as part of the toolpath. If you have some text and then draw a shape, such as a rectangle, around it and then select both when you create the toolpath you will get exactly the result you're seeing.

[Rcnewcomb]

If you can upload your CRV file that will help us help you.

How do I upload files or photos to the forum?

[Bowpond]

New.crv

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Thanks Rcnewcomb, Im not sure if this works, but hopefully it loaded ok?

[FixitMike]

The toolpath in the file you uploaded carves just the letters like you want. But you also have a border vector, and if you selected that as well as the text for a VCarve toolpath, it would give the result you posted about (As Adrian suggested.).

[Bowpond]

Thank you everyone for the comments! It makes sense now that I think about it. Is there anyway to v-carve the letters along with using a border, as in a sign? Or just by adding the border does it change the toolpath each time?

[FixitMike]

Use the profile toolpath (Maybe .06 deep.) to cut on the line with a VBit. Or offset the border vector a small amount and select both vectors with the text in the VCarve toolpath.

You can get a good explanation of how the VCarve toolpath works in the Help-Help Contents.