In SB3, when I open a file I made/saved in Aspire 8.5, the design was always 'off' for the actual cut (glad I trialed on scrap wood first). I found that this is due to the Material Size in SB3 shows up different than the job size and position in Aspire. I will try to attach files, if anyone can tell me how to fix, or what I may be doing wrong.
The example is an Aspire job size of x=3.8 inches, y=2.4 inches (a ringbox lid, two hearts and two initials), but when SB3 opens the sbp (Aspire created) file, the Material size shows x=3.1671 and y= 1.9627 inches. The margin was 0.0 and the corner position x and y were 0,0.
Weirder to me is that when I open the sbp file up on a different laptop, x = 3.2921 and y= 2.0877. SB3 also had .0625 as starting points for x and y (Windows 10), the other laptop is Win 8.1.
A bit nerve wracking, since when you then change/correct it, but can't preview it again after you hit Cut, I'm not sure if it loaded the correction (it seems to), so I hate to risk expensive material.
I haven't zipped a file before, but I think it worked, the zip file is the Aspire file, which wasn't on the acceptable ShopBot file types list for uploading to the forum.
Neither could I upload the 'log' file as was. Thank you for any ideas on how to remedy this. This was my first CNC project. I was able to change the material size in SB3 to match the Aspire job size and position, but shouldn't this import seamlessly?
Kelson-Cass-ringbox-two hearts.sbpKelson-Cass-ringbox-two hearts.zip
Ringbox top.jpg