How to close vector

[SwagsWoodworking (John Swiger)]

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)

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

You will need to subtract that from the pocket geometry.

For the underlying principle see:

Processing a complex SVG

Hi folks, I’m trying to make a sign out of a National Park Service SVG. The end result I’m aiming for is something like this. Importing the file as is to Create doesn’t quite work. The individual pieces I want to pocket aren’t selectable, and those that are don’t produce the desired result when I choose to pocket the contour. Next, I tried going into Inkscape and producing distinct files for each “layer”. Here’s one for the tree (green layer in the example sign) [4-tree]. It’s selectable in C…

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)

[SwagsWoodworking (John Swiger)]

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!