Quote Originally Posted by atauer View Post
The software will let you make a pattern out of connected lines, but you will need to apply a carve region to the area created by the connected lines. You can set the depth of the carve region to whatever you would like, including zero, and then use the make pattern tool.
That's not in the manual anywhere......

lilskip - give that a go on your latest mpc - you'll get what I was working at with much less trouble.