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ross bailey

drawings for cnc manufacture

Hi
I have a problem with transferring my drawing to a laser cutting machine with DXF.
Although I cannot see any breaks at the endpoints of lines in the drawing, the machine does and causes problems.
The operator says the nodes are not connected.
Ross
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ravas

Re: drawings for cnc manufacture

Try using polylines. There is a "create polyline from existing segments" tool.

ross bailey

Re: drawings for cnc manufacture

Hi Ravas

Many thanks for reply.

I struggle with poylines—the choice of drawing tools seem to be very limiting—fillets etc.

Am I missing something ?

Ross

On 29 Aug 2015, at 12:53 am, ravas [via LibreCAD] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Try using polylines. There is a "create polyline from existing segments" tool.

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Rallaz

Re: drawings for cnc manufacture

Draw -> polyline -> create polyline from existing segments

it seems that nothing happens but select the entity to see if it worked

ross bailey

Re: drawings for cnc manufacture

Hi and thanks for information

I cannot do this.

Draw-polyline-create polyline from existing segments.

Command line asks for an entity and I do not know how to put this info in

Thanks

Ross

On 29 Aug 2015, at 4:31 pm, Rallaz [via LibreCAD] <[hidden email]> wrote:

Draw -> polyline -> create polyline from existing segments

it seems that nothing happens but select the entity to see if it worked

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ravas

Re: drawings for cnc manufacture

It will also convert fillets.
Select everything and then activate the convert tool, and then click on one line segment.
There isn't any real feedback that the conversion has happened.

Note there are 4 modes for the regular polyline tool that can be selected from the options toolbar.
If anyone wants to contribute, it would be useful to describe the modes here: http://wiki.librecad.org/index.php/Polyline

ross bailey

Re: drawings for cnc manufacture

Ravas

I’ve got it—thanks for sticking with me.

Ross

On 30 Aug 2015, at 2:00 am, ravas [via LibreCAD] <[hidden email]> wrote:

It will also convert fillets.
Select everything and then activate the convert tool, and then click on one line segment.
There isn't any real feedback that the conversion has happened.

Note there are 4 modes for the regular polyline tool that can be selected from the options toolbar.
If anyone wants to contribute, it would be useful to describe the modes here: http://wiki.librecad.org/index.php/Polyline

If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion below:
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