Cutting from CAD drawing is constant small cuts
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2020 9:17 pm
I have a SVG file, that I imported in to my CAD drawing program, because I am most familiar with using that program. I set my program to draw ellipses as multi-segment lines (i.e. Polylines that are a series of arcs) so that I can later export the drawing to a SVG file. But, when I cut the file, those same polylines are cut by the blade dropping down to cut a small segment, then it rises, and then lowers to cut the next small segment.
In pen plotters, or devices that use G-code, that would not have happened. A polyline, by definition, is a continuous series of lines or arcs, that don't require the pen or knife to be lifted. But, SCAL is treating it differently.
What is the general guidance if your source drawing comes from a CAD drawing program?
Also, when I have a closed polyline, I would expect to be able to choose a fill color within SCAL. But, that is not the case.
I imagine that I need to somehow edit those objects to allow SCAL to know they can be filled in with a color.
In pen plotters, or devices that use G-code, that would not have happened. A polyline, by definition, is a continuous series of lines or arcs, that don't require the pen or knife to be lifted. But, SCAL is treating it differently.
What is the general guidance if your source drawing comes from a CAD drawing program?
Also, when I have a closed polyline, I would expect to be able to choose a fill color within SCAL. But, that is not the case.
I imagine that I need to somehow edit those objects to allow SCAL to know they can be filled in with a color.