Pattern sharing depot

[AskBud]

I've had my machine for five days now and I'm having a blast. It's still very much a learning experience for me and I am getting some valuable experience on the machine. I've been on vacation but unfortunately Monday it's back to the salt mine. But when I go back I'll have something to hang on the wall behind my desk. I got one of our graphic artists to send me the logo for the paper and I made a plaque for myself. I've attached it to this message.

I do have a question about it though.

I chose to outline my name and "General Reporter" text and it showed up on the software but when I uploaded it to the card and carved it the outline showed up but not my name or General Reporter. I deleted everything except the text and changed it to raster and inverted it then carved just the text on the same board. It turned out better than I had any right to expect.
What did I do wrong that my name didn't show up?

I think we would need to see the original MPC to be able to give you first hand advice. It could be any number of things, but you said you changed to "Raster" which leads me to think the original was in Centerline, and may have been in a recessed area.
AskBud

[NevadaDailySteve]

I think we would need to see the original MPC to be able to give you first hand advice. It could be any number of things, but you said you changed to "Raster" which leads me to think the original was in Centerline, and may have been in a recessed area.
AskBud

I don't have Centerline. I thought about it but I decided that it wasn't necessary right now and I could use the hundred bucks elsewhere until I gained some experience.

The only choice I have for text is raster or outline. I chose outline the first time and all that showed up on the carving was the outside outline and not the outline of individual letters as was displayed on the mpc

I've attached the mpc

Thanks for such a fast response,

Steve

[PCW]

It does look better in CenterLine text.
Attachment 24723

[AskBud]

I don't have Centerline. I thought about it but I decided that it wasn't necessary right now and I could use the hundred bucks elsewhere until I gained some experience.

The only choice I have for text is raster or outline. I chose outline the first time and all that showed up on the carving was the outside outline and not the outline of individual letters as was displayed on the mpc

I've attached the mpc

Thanks for such a fast response,

Steve

Steve,
From what I see your original text was Outline, as you said. It appears that you, or the system, assigned the 90 degree bit at a depth of .063.

I changed the bit to the 60 degree and it defaulted to a depth of .250. I changed that to a more reasonable depth of .125. I also increase the text spacing to a ten (10). All this was done without moving away from Outline.

The reason that Raster seemed to work better was that you probably worked/played with it more than you did the Outline. When you have this type situation again, look first to the depth of that carve. In both Raster and Outline, you may set your depth. Just be aware of which bit you select and the width of the "taper" of that bit. If you place either of these in a carved/recessed area your settings will need to be altered as well.
AskBud

[AskBud]

It does look better in CenterLine text.
Attachment 24723

If and when Steve purchases Centerline, he may very well select that option.
AskBud

[bjbethke]

here are a few patterns i have been working on . still trying to clean them up better . if any one would like to try I'm am posting the pics i do not have patterns of them yet tho.

Will this help; your images had a lot of noise in them; I enlarged them and cleaned them up some.

[gomjabar]

Thanks for the help on the "hole" problem. I did find 2 finite smudges on the drawing! And, yes, I will be using a sled. Now for lettering. How do I make simple raised lettering without the sunken or inverted effect. Bud you do do it in your tutorials all the time, but don't explain how.

As you can see my letters are raised but at the same time sunken beneath the surface of the plane of the board. I know shaving the entire surface of the board is required; just tell me how.

[AskBud]

I'm away from home, so I can not make a video.

Start by making a carved recessed area around the text you wish to raise.
If you wish the entire board to appear as raised, make the carved recess as large, or larger than the needed end product. Then you may "cut out" the board with the CW or by hand.
AskBud

[Kenm810]

Like Bud just mentioned, Adding a carve region to make you text stand out, Something like this.
Plus it might be a good idea to add a little Draft to your Text -- to help keep it from chipping out.

[Tom75]

bjbethke those are perfect . unable to open patterns because I'm still using 1.32 thank you i plain on making these for my niece for Christmas shes a huge six fan and one of the guys i work with has a room in his house that is just red six stuff and does not have any thing like this in the room