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  1. #1
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    Question Why such a wild tool path?

    I vectorized a piece of clipart then did a lot of editing of the geometry using 'drag corner' and 'deform'. When I used 'Mill V Carve' and generated a tool path, the results went beyond the limits of my machine. (see image)
    How can I fix this and avoid causing the problem in the future?

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    Re: Why such a wild tool path?

    Let's see the .bbcd file

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    Re: Why such a wild tool path?

    Quote Originally Posted by jrmach View Post
    Let's see the .bbcd file
    The upload window said my bbcd was an 'invalid file' so I added the txt extension to appease the upload script.

    Appreciate you taking a look.

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    Re: Why such a wild tool path?

    there is open geometry when this happens
    there are multiple places to be trimmed, either by single entity or trim 2 entity correct those and she works fine
    chain select to find the open geometry
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    Re: Why such a wild tool path?

    Quote Originally Posted by dwood View Post
    there is open geometry when this happens
    there are multiple places to be trimmed, either by single entity or trim 2 entity correct those and she works fine
    chain select to find the open geometry
    Many thanks! That did the trick
    I've been using CorelDraw since version 2 for DOS but that confuses me more than it helps.

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    Re: Why such a wild tool path?

    JSYK,,,,to upload a file,,,,you R-Click on the .bbcd file and select send to compressed file,which .zips it,,,,then upload that file
    The way you did it don't work

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    Re: Why such a wild tool path?

    it still looks screwy when I look at it

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    Re: Why such a wild tool path?

    Quote Originally Posted by RAF. View Post
    it still looks screwy when I look at it
    Better this way?

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    Re: Why such a wild tool path?

    Quote Originally Posted by jrmach View Post
    JSYK,,,,to upload a file,,,,you R-Click on the .bbcd file and select send to compressed file,which .zips it,,,,then upload that file
    The way you did it don't work
    Thanks for the info.
    The way I did it appears to have worked for me. When I clicked, it downloaded and once I stripped the .txt extension, BobCAD was able to open it.

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