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Davek0974
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by Davek0974 » Mon Jan 26, 2015 7:12 am
Hi all
I designed a job in Illustrator but the "circles" path rule did not recognise the small circles in it.
I changed to "Small Shapes" and it worked but why would Sheetcam not recognise the circles?
Thanks
Les Newell
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by Les Newell » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:12 pm
In your drawing do the circles have a small blue cross in the centre?
Davek0974
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by Davek0974 » Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:51 pm
I think they do, dwg is at home but it sounds familiar.
Why?
SeanP
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by SeanP » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:22 pm
Seems to work ok here Dave, I exported as dxf using Illustrator, 20mm and 35mm holes there.
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Les Newell
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by Les Newell » Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:14 pm
Those little crosses indicate the centre of the circle. If they are missing, SheetCam isn't recognizing the circles. In that case increasing the circle recognition limit in Options->application options->drawign import may well fix the issue. You would need to reload your drawing to see the effect.
Davek0974
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by Davek0974 » Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:05 pm
The circles have little white crosses in them.
Les Newell
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by Les Newell » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:07 pm
Hmm, that's odd. Could you send me a copy of the job file.
WyoGreen
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by WyoGreen » Wed Jan 28, 2015 1:11 am
I downloaded your file into my Sheetcam, and it worked ok for me. My circle recognition limit is set at 0.0079.
Steve
Davek0974
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by Davek0974 » Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:23 am
Did you try the circle cut path rule??
"Small shapes" is ok but "circles smaller than" did not work
Les Newell
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by Les Newell » Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:53 am
I just cheked here and it works for me. I changed your small shapes rule to a small circles rule and it slows down for the small circles. Note that the leadin and leadout are not slowed down because they are not circles.
Davek0974
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by Davek0974 » Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:44 am
Ok, thanks for that, I will re-try it this weekend.