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Here's another tip: near the zero-length line there will be a small white dash -it looks like cutpath but it is not joined. I think it is just a symbol. In my case at least, the nearest red dot to...

I only had the one fully joined cutpath so I could not find anything else to delete, but I did find the problem -a zero length line that I figure was probably generated from a tiny Z step in the...

Well 3 minutes later I answered my own question. It seems that a duplicate dimensional vertex CAN BE basically the same as a "zero length line" in old Acad. Upon zooming in very very close I found...

I searched around for others getting this error message and was not able to find an explanation or fix for it. There was a suggestion in one reply to "select all" to find and delete these things, but...

Hmm -I guess the plug could be an M8 SHCS, with 1mm gap left between the spindle top and the screw head for the springclip? The screwhead would have to be trimmed short though so it does not hit the...

Great idea -a plenum compartment could be built in too. Perhaps also with an integral back half of a "dust cap" milled in.

A good search on Ebay for this chuck is "C16 ER11". The ones that come up will have a 16mm OD and will (or should) have the 8mm through hole. 5/8" OD should work too. From my observations, any larger...

After really paying close attention I revise my complaint about cancelling Magnify. The methods noted by Metallus DO work -but not consistantly. Sometimes Pointer cancels Magnify, sometimes not....

Spindle Conversion to ER11

I read Bergerud's posts about converting the Carvewright spindle to ER-type. There are some really great advantages to this chuck type, including bit cost and...

I had a piece of one of those screwdrivers with the hex base (near the handle) that had snapped from over-use. I used my angle grinder (careful not to overheat) to shape it into a long square taper...

The ai2mpc files that are made up of a million unconnected paths need to be "joined" in Illustrator before being saved as an .ai file.

Open DXF in Illustrator, pick ONLY the pieces you want...

This is one reason why a "cut simulate" command would be useful in Designer. Other CNC programs have it so you can see how the machine will cut before you start wasting material.

When I removed my QC, I first removed the flexcable collar on top of the z-truck. The shaft with the square hole is right there -no need to wrench from underneath through the chuck.

"Magnify is cancelled when the pointer is selected, or when ESC is pressed."

Neither works for me -and I don't use a mouse with a wheel either, bummer. Seems just about ANY command works to cancel...

Developers -PLEASE do something about the transition from Magnify Tool to Pointer Tool! Cause Magnify to cancel when picked again OR cause Magnify to cancel when Pointer is picked OR simply cause Esc...

I posted this elsewhere before I found out this thread existed:

In an earlier iteration of my career, I was a CNC programmer for two large Bystronic infrared cutting lasers at a metal fabrication...

Hey! That did it! Honestly I did try the outline trace a long time ago, but gave up because I did not know what the slider thing in Importer was all about.

Thanks guys -that was a big help!

Thank you -I'll put it there

Yeah that's what I did alright -I'll try the cut out tool Thanks!

Aah -that's it, the slider thingy. I did a trace and it worked -maybe this is the answer. I'll have to run it and see

Edit -but now how do I get the cut to move to the outside of the pattern...

When I select "outline pattern" I'm just getting a square -how do I bring in an image without the square periphery?

...and there's the Rub...

I have not found a way to import DXFs directly into Designer -how do you do that?

I am new to CW so I may be missing a vital step in my process. My process is basically this: while the part is still a DXF I offset .15" to create an open area around the part (.2"around teeth) I...

Do your parts also come into designer as raster images? I'm thinking that may be causing the draft. My gear teeth are contoured helically so that's why the draft concerns me a little -involute teeth...