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    Hey, guys, I am new at this game and learning every day. I have a flag project that comes with a cut time of about 4.30 hours. I am using a 1/16 carving bit to cut the project. I want to learn how I can optimize the carving time. Man I would be grateful if anyone could give me some ideas on how I might do this.

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    Tracy based on the size and the carvings, I don’t see any areas that could change the time, ther3 is a lot of carving time with the 1/16 “ bit
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    You can do this as all vectors, no patterns and carve regions.
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    I guess my question is, how do I assign lets say, a 1/8 carving bit to different portions of the project? I know I can group text and assign a bit to that group for centerline carving. But can I group an area and assign a larger bit to that. I do not need to use a 1/16 bit for the whole project. And thank you for your response

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    Using feather has saved time in some carves.
    thanks so much!
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    hey man that is great. I sure would love to get some more information on how you made the conversions to vector. Thank you again

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    Quote Originally Posted by tracy.k.hankins@gmail.com View Post
    hey man that is great. I sure would love to get some more information on how you made the conversions to vector. Thank you again
    I removed the carve regions on the stripes leaving just the stripe outlines. I then selected the 60* bit.

    For the stars I outlined them and again selected the 60* bit.

    Note, I "hide" the star patterns so that they would not show. When you upload to the card you will get a message stating that they are hidden and will not carve.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tracy.k.hankins@gmail.com View Post
    I guess my question is, how do I assign lets say, a 1/8 carving bit to different portions of the project? I know I can group text and assign a bit to that group for centerline carving. But can I group an area and assign a larger bit to that. I do not need to use a 1/16 bit for the whole project. And thank you for your response
    You can not assign a different carving bit to individual patterns. The carving bit assigned in the board setting applies to all patterns on the board design.
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