Lines wont connect

[adam16]

on the shopbot partwizard program the lines will not connect and i keep trying to redraw the lines and they keep not being connected, i just need sme help to finesh up my school project

ty

[Brady Watson]

Ty,
Post the .ART or click on my name and e-mail it to me. FYI - Shopbot now sells the PW training video here (http://www.shopbottools.com/sbsoftware.htm)

-Brady

[adam16]

chair part
Lower rear cross piece and rear seat slat.zip (http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/messages/26/Lower_rear_cross_piece_and_rear_seat_slat-9879.zip) (3.3 k)

here is the .Art file there are more with the same problems, its just the toolpath is not connected but the lines seem to be connected

[paco]

Hi Adam!

First, ungroup your vectors. Then select two of 'em at a time and join 'em (right click/join)... then repeat until all connected. Unfortunnatly, PW does'nt join multiple vectors at once... grouping does join (or weld if you prefer) vectors... grouping help to manage 'em when, say, there are many...

Hope this help.

[Brady Watson]

Adam,
Don't feel bad...the fact that they have the join tools very close to the grouping tools suggests to a new user that merely grouping the vectors will satisfy the need for CNC operations...As Paco points out, you need to individually join each section one at a time.

The attached file has been joined for you.

-Brady



Joined.zip (http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/messages/26/Joined-9885.zip) (2.9 k)

[gerald_d]

Would the vectors in this type of drawing also have to be manually joined, a pair at a time? (289 vectors/steps?)


frame.zip
frame.zip (http://www.talkshopbot.com/forum/messages/26/frame-9889.zip) (13.5 k)

[paco]

Well, with PW I believe the answer is yes... unfortunatly...

[bill.young]

Gerald's drawing imported fine for me in version 2 with the "rejoining tolerance" in the import dialog box set to .01 mm ...didn't require any extra steps


3705

[mikejohn]

Brady
Remember when you said you would challenge anyone to do anything faster on AutoCad than on PW

...................Mike

[gerald_d]

SheetCam also handled this one fine, even after I "broke" some connections on purpose.

(Careful Mike, I don't think that ACad's "boundary" works on this one - it might be the one with the bad connections)

[paco]

Yeah Bill, I never notice this feature! Never need of... that should make Adam happy!

[adam16]

thanks alot i got it to work if i go any more questions i know where to come now

thanks, adam

[mikejohn]

Gerald,
PEDIT
Select Multiple
Convert to Polylines
Join (with the appropriate fuzz distance)
289 joins in 5 seconds