INKSCAPE TRACE BITMAP LINE THICKNESS PRO

Normally I cut the contour first which creates sharp edges, and the V bit then basically only ends up carving the wood in “too thin” places and corners. Can take a while to cut since many parts will get cleared by the V bit … I’ve learned that carbide create creates poor gcode for this but I wrote a simple optimizer that I need to convince to make redundant that speeds the cutting time often up by 2x to 3xĪdvanced V carve with area clearing and a pocket with the same bitīig difference is that the contour will make the thicker lines have straight walls, and generally will look better on “stringy” wood if you use a downcut endmill.

All edges will be under an angle (but my 30 degree V bit makes that look ok-ish). (I’m assuming a somewhat shallow max depth of say 0.04' or so)Īdvanced vcarve with a (small) area clearing tool, no pocketĮasiest to click in the tool. Oh that’s a cool idea (I likely will steal that but for my own area in PDX)Įh the way I would likely do this is use inkscape to make every line/etc a proper “shape” with thickness etc (so not just lines), and then use a combination of pockets and advanced vcarve…Ī few combinations are possible with those and they all have interesting different effects Is there a way to do that in Carbide motion? lets said, stop, fix, and start from last point? Question short is, if I have a text that looks like 2 lines but is 1/32 thin, Is there a way to run the tool in this case 1/32 just trough the middle?Īlso (2for1 ) Can I start from the middle in Gcode after it is stop? when the machine is running and I see something that its not right, I stopped it, modified my mistake, load the code, restart from 0 and all is good, but to speed the process before loading the Gcode I opened it in notepad and erase the part that is already done so It goes close to the last point, its really sketchy but it work (almost always) as long as I check where is Z. When using text or tracing drawings I have a problem, I will like to use just an end mill to trace or write (like a pen), but when I insert in carbide create the text or street (in maps) I get 2 lines so the only tool path that I can use is VCarve or VCarve advance.

I encountered a problem that the more I read the less I understand so sorry if is to basic or has been discussed but I need to ask.

INKSCAPE TRACE BITMAP LINE THICKNESS PRO

I have been using my Shapeoko pro for a month now, plenty of stuff to learn, try and brake but fun at the end.

Inkscape trace bitmap line thickness