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I’m new to CNC routing (I hadn’t even seen one till I bought one).
I’m new to computer graphics, therefore, new to Easel
But I have done some carving of the hammer-and-chisel variety.
I have no mentor or teacher so I’m blundering along, teaching myself by trial-and-error. I have used both square and V bits.
Problem: I want to do some fine etching in wood. Line drawings and text. But the beast wants to do everything twice. No matter how fine the line is, it sets the path to each side of the line – that is, it only responds to the BOUNDARY between the black and white. I just want it to follow center of the line. How do I achieve that?
It sounds like you are uploading line graphics (probably .SVG). While these look like lines, if you zoom in, you will see that these actually have thickness. When you tell Easel to cut on the line, it cuts on both sides of the lettering.
You want to look for “Single Line Fonts”. Also, google “Creating a Single Line SVG” That should help.
Finally, you may want to look through some of the Cricut and laser forums. You may find sources for line art that are already closer to your needs.
No, I am not importing SVG files. I’m using the text and the shapes provided there in the Easel toolbar.
Even to select a shape to cut out, the path goes around it TWICE - once each side of the line.
It doesn’t matter what Cut Path I select, it always goes around twice.
I don’t believe it is meant to do that. What am I missing here?
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