help needed with infill

[shoeman901]

i am using mastergrave machine using visual toolbox version 5 having problems with partial infilling can anyone out there help

[Gray]

Can you be more specific?

[shoeman901]

Can you be more specific?

 

i have imported a vectorised eps image of a horse's head basicaly an outline of a horse with a small circle in it for the eye. when i engrave it as outline it looks to basic but infilled it would be nice but when i infill it engraves the lines all through the eye aswell. i wanted to engrave the horses head on a lighter and diamond drag a hatch infill inside the head and leave the eye as an outline. hope you understand now.

[Michael]

I sometimes find this sort of thing a pain with Vistool 6.

Sometimes you can use the ignore groups button,then select just the eye and try to infill it.

Sometimes I select all,combine to faces,convert face to paths then select the eye and try to infill.

Generally I just muck around a bit with this without really understanding it but it seems to work.

An e-mail to Mark Chadwick at U-marq will solve the problem, proper expert.

[Gray]

Is that the Mark Chadwick that used to work for Mastergrave?

[Gray]

Shoeman if you explode group then zoom into the section you want to enhance you can add lines etc. Depending on which version you are using

[Michael]

Is that the Mark Chadwick that used to work for Mastergrave?

 

Yes, knowledgeable on all things Vistool

 

by the way rlj, i got those shields... ta muchly =D> =D> =D>

[Gray]

No probs mate Mark delivered and set up my EGX300 years ago he knows his stuff. Recommended

[ANDY]

on mine i made sure head and eye were both highlighted (dotted lines)

then clicked inside the area i wanted to infill.

it does take a while for mine to think about it........................................and ................there it is.