HS shop teacher here with a newly assembled Shapeoko 5 - I expect to have LOTS of questions as I’m just learning Create alongside my students (I’m about 2 steps ahead of them).
Here’s a simple table top project. I’m trying to separate the layers between the inner circle and the ‘island’ shape for pocketing (the island keeps the stock thickness). I tried to offset the island with a contour and then run a pocket up to the inner circle but the toolpath still wants to pocket everything. I have no doubt this is a simple fix when creating my layers but I can’t figure it out yet!
Thank you, I am trying to select both vectors but that’s the part I’m hung up on. When I click ‘select by layer’ I can only select 1- if I select either the inner circle or the island it says the selected layer has no elements in it. I’m sure there is a really simple answer to selecting both layers but it’s eluding me at the moment.
Use an appropriate tool size and definition for a given feature/part
Select and associate the geometry which one wants to use for a given toolpath, if need be, isolating it on a layer
To select more than one thing at a time or to modify a selection, shift-click to add/remove an item from the selection — if we now shift-click on the outer-most circle:
