I am making a world map with a CNC machine. It will be so big I will cut up multiple panels of wood and combine kind of like a puzzle to get the final size.
I am using Adobe Illustrator. I found that by exporting art boards I can sort of “slice” the art work up into these panels (13.75" x 19.75") upon export all at once.
The problem is that when exporting as an SVG (File -> Export -> Export As… -> SVG) there is geometry from the adjacent art board still present. This is a problem because my CAM program, Carbide Create (which interprets SVG files and turns them into motion on the CNC machine), does not like this geometry that is out of bounds.
Is there an easy way to select some option when exporting so that the artwork does not overhang? Or to hard remove it?
Or, is there a way to have Carbide Create ignore any geometry outside of the build volume?
Thank you for any tips please let me know if I can be more clear. Please see the picture below for reference.
Delete it, or use a Boolean operation to trim it away, or otherwise edit it out.
Note that since these are open lines (indicated by being magenta) you won’t be able to use Booleans so you’ll need to edit with the Node Edit tool to adjust the endpoints to where you want it to be.
Thank you Will that magenta tips makes a lot more sense as I wanted to do such a boolean operation!
I ended up trimming them in AI with a mix of the Eraser tool and the Direct Selection tool.
Worth noting is that in the laser cutter (had access, COVID took it away) by Epilog it would trim out this extra geometry on it’s own.
Curious, I didn’t have the heart to run the operations with the geometry outside of the bounds but what would happen? Would it continue just fine until it hit the machine bounds? Would it slam into the side or would the limit switches save the day?
