@michaelkelly7104 Don't use the move command it is an extra 2 actions every time it is used where if you use a joint it is one and will stay as one command to the end of time and you can move the part however you want again and again without adding more actions to fusion.
Could you share any other files that I can include to the ticket that was opened in December? The ticket does exist, but it does not appear to have risen to priority, too many other fires to put out it seems. Anything further you could share would be great, as it would give us more data points...
@michaelkelly7104 To me for the attached part using traces would be better than trying to use a V carve toolpath or selecting the top of the letters and overriding the set depth, is this for a branding iron?
Daniel, here is the result once I messed around a bit with the file and selections in Fusion. Fusion is VERY capable, there is no point skirting around this issue when it is such a capable software package. PS, for a branding iron you want the none contact areas as far away from the wood/branding surface as possible. If the none contact areas are too close then it will fade the design with the heat transfer. I don't know about trace, but it's important to have the variable Z height to maximise the depth where necessary, otherwise you'd need to use progressively smaller endmills to pocket these sections and it'd take forever. If you had to use progressively shallower depths of trace, it'd also take a while.
The issue, I think, is that you're selecting the Sketch itself, and not the actual characters. Now, Fusion gets sluggish the more contours you select, but we muddle through it. Selecting the base of each letter gives me this result:
Do you have any exampples where you HAVE selected each letter and gouged them?
It's not that we're trying to skirt around anything. I'm trying to provide you with some workarounds, because I suspect where "Engrave bugs" are going to land on the long list of existing bugs.
Should it work as expected with a sketch selection? YES! Does it? No.. Will it get fixed? Hopefully at some point?
@michaelkelly7104 I have always found if you select the top of the letters it always works fine and that can be the sketch at the top of the letters or modeled part the modeled letters can be selected from the bottom as well just not a sketch at the bottom of the letters, the engrave toolpath is only 2.5D so it does not really know what is there V carve pro is the same, is it a bug maybe it could be a limation as well as selecting the profile can work and the sketch at the same place can fail.
I've opened up CAM-28620 to investigate Engrave issues. I will try to update this thread when there is more info to share
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