Collective,
I have been working to turn this laser design into one I can do on the Shapeoko 5. I am attempting to leave the design and name at stock height and mill out the remaining portion as a pocket. I have done this on a few other designs, but I cannot get this one to work properly due to the open (Mountain Snow Cap) vector (I assume). Any help closing the vector or a work around with the pocket toolpath would be greatly appreciated.
Nathan James Sign.c2d (212 KB)
You will need to subtract that from the pocket geometry.
For the underlying principle see:
First, open the file:
Second, select the geometry which makes up this region:
and duplicate it:
and then if need be, draw in geometry where things will need to be cut/trimmed:
Select everything:
and use Trim Vectors:
to allow one to click to remove portions which are not wanted:
OK
Use Join Vectors to close things:
Yes
shift-click to remove the closed geometry from the selection:
Delete
Then assign a toolpath:
Attached as a v7 file.
Nathan James Sign_v7.c2d (1.6 MB)
Thank you Will, I appreciate the detailed instructions. I was under the impression the geometry was more complicated than what your instructions show. You’ve helped in a big way!
