Remove unnecessary lines

[Frank923 (Francesco Duardo Jr.)]

Hi, I am trying to cleanup unnecessary lines within the last name “Duardo” notice there are lines going through my last name from the large letter D I am a beginner with editing any help would be greatly appreciated I hope I explained it well.

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

See:

Making a stacked-text sign using the new layer feature in Carbide Create (version 521+)

The folks at Carbide3D announced a new beta feature in Carbide Create: Layers. [PXL_20210515_155150934] This tutorial gives this new feature a spin using the beta version, to make a stacked-text sign. I’ll try to make this an entry-level tutorial (screenshots for every small step) for those who are relatively new to CNC and want to make their own stack text signs. For the example I’ll stack “your” on top of “text here”… since that’s boring in general you should replace that with the text you…

and

Making a stacked-text sign using the new layer feature in Carbide Create (version 521+)

The folks at Carbide3D announced a new beta feature in Carbide Create: Layers. [PXL_20210515_155150934] This tutorial gives this new feature a spin using the beta version, to make a stacked-text sign. I’ll try to make this an entry-level tutorial (screenshots for every small step) for those who are relatively new to CNC and want to make their own stack text signs. For the example I’ll stack “your” on top of “text here”… since that’s boring in general you should replace that with the text you…

or try the new Region Builder tool:

Coming Soon to Create

We spend a lot of time going through threads here and tickets we get in support, trying to figure out how the problems could have been avoided. In Create, I think the #1 group of problems is confusion around booleans, vector trimming/joining, and grouping. New users thrash between all of them, trying to get the output they want. I wanted to share a quick work-in-progress we have for Create right now as a new way to handle this. For lack of a better name, we’re calling it the Region Builder. …

If you still have difficulty, upload your file and we’ll walk through this w/ you.

[Frank923 (Francesco Duardo Jr.)]

Thank you for reaching out, I will try the steps you have provided if I have any further issues I will upload the design and maybe you can possibly walk me through it. I appreciate all the help.

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

The file was sent via a PM, unfortunately, I do not have the specific fonts used:

Making reasonable substitutions we arrive at:

First, we draw up the cut in profile:

and the tool to be used (a 60 degree V tool was selected)

Then, the three layers of the cut:

Getting the intersection of the V tool and the middle layer:

We can see that it will be necessary to offset by 0.0775 and that each layer should be cut to a depth of 0.1342".

Cut the first layer:

The text and rectangle for the first layer is then offset by the desired dimension:

Apply

shift-click on the rectangle to remove it from the selection and shift-click on the lower layer to add it:

and use Region Builder to define the region for the lower layer:

Yes

Yes

Done

If need be, adjust the built regions:

Add the offset rectangle and the secondary text to the selection:

Start a V carve at the bottom of the previous pocket:

Attached as a v8 file (with the type converted to curves)

The Duardo_curves_v8.c2d (488 KB)

[Frank923 (Francesco Duardo Jr.)]

Good Morning William,

Thank you for taking the time to provide me Step-by-Step instructions, the final result looks awesome. The font is just fine as well, i will follow these steps and look forward to seeing the results.

Have a great day.

Best regards,
Frank D

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

I glossed over a small issue with the results of Region Builder (filed a bug report) — see the above links for using Boolean operations/Trim vectors — if need be, we can walk through that with you.

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

To do this with Trim Vectors:

click on the lines which you wish to remove:

Until one arrives at:

OK

OK

Join Vectors

Yes

[Frank923 (Francesco Duardo Jr.)]

That’s great you seem to have lots of experience with CNC and the software. I have to get the latest software version. Would you recommend me getting the latest version first then attempt the project ?

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

Yes, it is best if folks stay current with the software.