Issue with Rhino 3D and VCarve Pro

[wespor]

I'm using Rhino 3D and this isn't always a problem but at least once or twice I week I bump into it. All of my polylines are closed in my Rhino file but are exploded/unconnected when I load them into VCarve. I have to manually rejoin the lines within VCarve, one at a time until I have a solid cut line. It's a mild frustration.

Has anyone else encountered this?

I've been using Rhino for 13 years, I don't particularly want switch software. I thought maybe it was a problem with tolerances but my Absolute Tolerance in Rhino is .001.

[cnc_works]

Try convert to curve before export/import.

[paul_z]

I use Rhino as well and experience the same thing. Sometimes everything imports ok; sometimes it does not. I've not taken the time to ferret out the root cause.

Paul Z

[wespor]

Right, well at least it's not just me. Next time I'll keep track of what I'm doing before the incident, this last time my pieces were working just fine before I exploded them to tweak a couple lines and rejoined them.

[denmanmarine]

Hi Guys,

I use Rhino 4 and find that the export settings are vital to good performance with V-carve.

When I export as a dxf for basic 2D cutting I use the following settings

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hope this helps

AD

[paul_z]

AD,

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

Paul Z