I'm having trouble joining a particular vector

[StonyMtnWoodworking (stonymtnwood@icloud.com)]

Hello all! I am having trouble joining two Vectors together. I’ve uploaded the file to make this easier.

If you notice there is the bottom of the turtle with the ring and everything, and then the top of the turtle. For the life of me I can’t get the top and the bottom to join. Whenever it does join, it joins with a vector on the other side of the project. I can’t figure out what I am doing wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
Special.c2d (712 KB)

[Jeffish (Jeff de Ruiter)]

I don’t think you can join them without cutting the circle. You could overlay a polyline on the circle between the two vectors coming from the turtle and join them together. It just means that two toolpaths will overlap in those two areas which is no big deal if you are using the same endmill for both cuts.

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

While the circle

is an open vector

It is continuous/extends through the areas which you wish to join at:

And apparently, the geometries there are also continuous…

Draw in geometry which crosses:

Done

Select everything:

and use Trim Vectors:

to remove what is not wanted:

if need be, zooming in:

OK

Repeat this at each other region:

Note that if there isn’t a node to snap against:

just zoom in and position by eye:

then when using Trim Vectors:

be sure to remove any additional lengths.

Note however that angle/crossing matters:

and that it may be necessary to use Node Editing to make clear the extent/positioning of elements:

Done

and that if that doesn’t resolve things, one may need to continue editing:

At this point it should work to select Open Vectors:

and then use Join Vectors:

Yes

and then clean up:

Attached as a v7 file.

Special_v7.c2d (708 KB)

[Jeffish (Jeff de Ruiter)]

Looking closer at the bottom half… I mved the left and right side lines away from the circle…The bottom of the turtle is on the same vector as the circle

So just join the orange dotted ends to the purple vectors with a polyline

[Tod1d (Tod (with 1 'd'))]

I moved a couple nodes so you can see what’s going on. A closed vector must be a contiguous singularly enclosed shape. You have the 2 endpoints across from each other, so trying to join it can only close it by connecting those nodes.

Sounds like what you want is 4 separate shapes/regions… ??
I highlighted 2 so it’s obvious

[StonyMtnWoodworking (stonymtnwood@icloud.com)]

Wow! You guys are amazing! Thank you! I understand exactly what I was doing wrong. Thank you again!