2-13-2024 Q&A: Text Underline, Plunge Rate for Cane Carving, Removing SVG Areas, Squaring Spindle Ends, Rotary Project Material Input, Corner Detection, Molding Path on 3D Curve

This Q&A Meetup delves into intricate CNC queries, from text formatting in design software to advanced carving techniques. Experts tackle topics like plunge rates for cane making, ensuring straight lines in SVG edits, and specifics of rotary projects in VCarve, providing invaluable insights for both beginners and seasoned users. A focus on practical solutions and optimization tips for varied CNC projects makes this session a must-watch for anyone looking to enhance their CNC skills.

Question Answered in this Q&A:

• 00:08:02 - Trying to do an underline with text and could not find the button to underline. He sees bold and italic in the create text options, but no underline
• 00:17:38 - Making a cane using the fourth axis in Aspire. What plunge rate do you recommend to eliminate the wood flexing as the bit plunges into the wood?
• 00:25:23 - How do I remove the areas attached to the bottom of this SVG to create straight lines? And then he says, actually the bigger question for me is how do I ensure that the lines are truly straight?
• 00:35:27 - I'm trying to carve just the square end of the spindle that you did in lessons number 172 and 173. Just want to make sure that I can get it square. I'm running VCarve Pro, 11.5.
• 00:40:12 - Can you confirm that VCarve assumes that all material on Rotary Project is already round when it comes in two dimensions. So when I have a piece of stock that is two inches square, should I not enter it as two inch diameter, or should I enter it as 2.8 inches, which is diagonal, and attach the file.
• 00:54:28 - If you're using square to stock, how does Vectric know where the corners are?
• 00:57:40 - Could I do a molding path on a curve 3D project?

Keywords:

 cnc machining, aspire, vcarve, text underlining, plunge rates, svg editing, square carvings, rotary projects, molding paths, 3d projects