Here’s another:
More:
New one:
I’ve never seen the button to click that asks about how the carve went but that’s probably because I download the rough and detail files and import them to carbide motion. So I’m also guessing that machine inspector and reporting what easel and GRBL version won’t work as well.
Okay, Easel -> CarbideCreate (CC)…
The Easel bug have been dealt with but when you use a different sender (CC) all bets are off.
Do you have to use CC or can you use Easel also as sender - staying entirely within Easel?
How so? Easel generates the toolpaths the same whether you’re exporting Gcode or running the path through Easel. So how would the bug be fixed when running through Easel as opposed to exporting it? It’s already been established it’s a toolpath issue…
Are you running the detail first and then the rough? Easel used to use some principals of rest machining and assumed you had run the roughin pass first so it wouldn’t fully retract so it could optimize carve times (well, that’s the only logical reason). I remember seeing a rapid inside of a pocket and thinking to myself that I was glad I did the roughing pass first. Not all software does this and there are times where doing the detail pass first is beneficial but, another reason why I bought Vcarve.
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There is a bug in the generation of the toolpaths. It’s simple to recreate.
Red lines in Easel preview are rapid (non-cutting) moves.
The highlighted rapid (among others) is a retract to -0.125" which is the same height as the surface of the carved text.
That move occurs at line 4378 & 4379.
Technically, it is at the same height as that was cut. In theory, it wouldn’t cut anything. Reality is different. Not many would run rapids across a workpiece with a retract to 0. If it’s not a bug, it’s a bad toolpath.
@JeffTalbot @Ruwan Is this the expected behavior in Easel?
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So how hard do you think it is for them to change that?
I thought that was fixed 
I did too.
Well I have a ticket in with them as of last night so I will let you guys know what they say when/if they respond.
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Point them to this thread as well
Hi @NeilFerreri1,
We have created a ticket in our system to track this issue. Thank you for the report!
So last Friday they said they were going to get the head of support on this issue today. Here’s hoping they figure out the problem soon!!!
Hi @AlexGrecheski,
We are in the process of troubleshooting this issue. As soon as we have any updates we will post on the forum.
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I couldn’t continue to wait so I just went ahead and bought VCarve. Good Luck with the issue if you continue to troubleshoot it.
Almost everyone that does seems to like that software and the company that produces it.
That includes me. I don’t count Vtransfer as I’m pretty sure that was someone’s side project and it doesn’t appear to have matured, yet.
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I wish I would have bought it sooner! Dont get me wrong Easel is great for beginners but I had customers waiting for signs and couldn’t just sit around doing nothing about it. Vcarve is already paid off in a week.
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