laser toolpath not previewing
laser toolpath not previewing
using Aspire 11.09 and suddenly my laser toolpath wont show up in preview. My first thought was that it was too light, so I changed the settings to 100%,5mm/sec,100 passes. Still nothing. I normally dont have a problem with it showing up, any suggestions?
- adze_cnc
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Re: laser toolpath not previewing
The software rarely changes behaviour spontaneously. Have you set the toolpath simulation setting to a lower value? Doing so with other toolpaths that lightly score the surface causes them to “disappear”.
Re: laser toolpath not previewing
No its set to maximum. In fact to make sure that I wasnt crazy, I created an entirely new file and just put a box and the letter T on the drawing. Then I set the laser to the following specs (power 100%, 1mm/sec, 100 passes) which should mark it really really dark. and still nothing
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Re: laser toolpath not previewing
Change your kerf width. You've got it at 0.0001". I changed it to 0.3mm and the preview shows fine.
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Re: laser toolpath not previewing
Didn't realise you had posted this elsewhere and it was already answered. Both threads came to the same conclusion though.