Could ues a little advice on editing a shape

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Please forgive me if this question sounds dumb to all of you that are proficient with X-carve and Easel. I finally got my X-Carve assembled (not difficult, just time consuming). Now comes the Easel learning curve… Using tons of scrap wood I am getting the hang of it… However, here is where I could use some advise.

I am trying to cut out a silhouette of my granddaughter inside a ring type frame. Using two circles and an outside setting on both of them I managed to make a ring type frame. However, when I input the silhouette into the frame, the part of the frame that intersects with the silhouette gets cut out instead of being one piece.

I don’t know if I’m making myself clear, but if anyone can give me a tip in the right direction I would greatly apricate it.

Thank you from an X-Carve rookie

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Could you share the file?

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I hope this is the correct way to share a file. if it is, as you can see the bottom of the silhouette overlaps the cut out outline of the frame. how do I make it one piece?

https://easel.inventables.com/projects/ON-Ls1J5ZF1kVhmw6JQSQg

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Not shared publickly

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File>Share>Share with link>Save>Paste link

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Thanks

https://easel.inventables.com/projects/BrE8wqEICVNLfYcH54ZvTg

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Still not public.

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https://easel.inventables.com/projects/BrE8wqEICVNLfYcH54ZvTg

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  • Set both silouette and inner circle to Fill
  • Set inner circle to full depth cut (will turn black)
  • Set silouette to zero depth cut (will turn white)
  • Align silouette to inner circle, select both these two objects and click Combine

You´ll get something like this:

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Thank you so much

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BTW - you can set the inner circle/silouette as Path = Inside, otherwise all black will be carved and that is not needed, a path around inside will do.