https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/engraving-with-a-ballend-cutter/m-p/9733914#M80718 <P>Im tying to engrave some text with a 1mm Dia ballend.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I keep getting the error toolpath not supported for tool and settings.</P><P>Tried a few different fonts, just after some simple single line text where the tool will follow on the line at 0.2mm depth.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Must be a trick involved t make this happen!</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 07 Sep 2020 23:13:48 GMT kretallick144 2020-09-07T23:13:48Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/engraving-with-a-ballend-cutter/m-p/9733914#M80718 <P>Im tying to engrave some text with a 1mm Dia ballend.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I keep getting the error toolpath not supported for tool and settings.</P><P>Tried a few different fonts, just after some simple single line text where the tool will follow on the line at 0.2mm depth.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Must be a trick involved t make this happen!</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Mon, 07 Sep 2020 23:13:48 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/engraving-with-a-ballend-cutter/m-p/9733914#M80718 kretallick144 2020-09-07T23:13:48Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/engraving-with-a-ballend-cutter/m-p/9733935#M80719 <P>hi <a href="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/7580498">@kretallick144</a>&nbsp; use Trace instead of Engrave (engrave is reserved for engraving bits) - and set your bottom height in the operation setting to be 2mm below (-2mm) on the "Axial Offset" inside the Passes tab - it will offset the operation so it will trace the text taking the ball through the stock material 2mm below the designated datum. watch for plunging in feeds and speeds as tracing might not have the best impact settings</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-07 at 7.34.04 PM.png" style="width: 410px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/816234i80FC53ACEF55A42A/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-07 at 7.34.04 PM.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-07 at 7.34.04 PM.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-07 at 7.32.29 PM.png" style="width: 2838px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/816228i33217114E4232577/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-07 at 7.32.29 PM.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-07 at 7.32.29 PM.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-07 at 7.33.39 PM.png" style="width: 2504px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/816229iD05D3FD2A4AEAD41/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screen Shot 2020-09-07 at 7.33.39 PM.png" alt="Screen Shot 2020-09-07 at 7.33.39 PM.png" /></span></P> Mon, 07 Sep 2020 23:44:55 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-manufacture-forum/engraving-with-a-ballend-cutter/m-p/9733935#M80719 YoavFriedlander 2020-09-07T23:44:55Z