Hello. Question on tracing. I can trace an object and successfully etch the project.

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Hello.
Question on tracing. I can trace an object and successfully etch the project. The problem is when I try to CUT along the outside edge. Have tried to Fill with Color (black) but the entire rectangle turns black and the image is covered also.

If I try to CUT the image it tries to cut around everything that was etched when all I want is the outside.

Any advice?

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On that square., fill must the 0 or nome and stroke must be 0.025mm

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Sounds to me like you have the engrave object still selected when you are trying to cut… When I was still using CorelDraw/Laser, I would place my engrave on one spot on the canvas & place the cut sections on other spots. Then I could just left click on whichever task I wanted to do (e.g. the engrave object) & then click the Engrave or Cut button in the toolbar.

Also, another thing you will want to read about (here in previous posts) is about aligning engrave & cut jobs. There are issues with that which require you to create a reference point. Personally I would create a no-fill, no-border rectangle around the engrave object, position it where it belongs & also create a matching sized no-fill, no-border rectangle around my cut components (aligned where they belong also). The no-fill, no-border rectangle will register for the purposes of alignment, but because it has no-fill & no-border it will not cut or engrave.

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Thanks for the reply. Will do a search on Aligning Engrave and Cut jobs. Was having a big issue with this last night as the outside border was shifting between Etch and Cut.

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I’ve been following this instructable and it’s been working really good.

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Followed the link you provided and it finally works!