safelycrackers Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 Hi Running Vistool 6 on a Vision 1624 machine but can't for the life of me work out how to hatch the letters to enable infilling with paint. Could someone point me in the right direction!? Any help appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted May 9, 2014 Report Share Posted May 9, 2014 I'll do you some screen shots in the morning to help you out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gardner Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Hi Running Vistool 6 on a Vision 1624 machine but can't for the life of me work out how to hatch the letters to enable infilling with paint. Could someone point me in the right direction!? Any help appreciated. Have you tried selecting letters to be filled then pressing shift plus q at the same time Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safelycrackers Posted May 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Thanks Steven, appreciate it if you would. I'll try that now keyvan......just firing the old beast up now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safelycrackers Posted May 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Shift and Q at the same time seems to centre the words in the workspace on this Vistool 6 I have. If I go to "Production" and Toolpaths and select "Clearing Toolpath" this seems to be what I was hoping to do. Does anyone know what the best settings would be in the Clearing settings box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsc Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 On my version of Vistool 6 Its shift + Q. Try shift + P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safelycrackers Posted May 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Thanks gsc, When the machine has finished the job the head goes to the left of the job and engraves 2 dots on the left of the workpiece before returning to the origin. The two dots aren't in the design and not on screen, any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsc Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 If It's engraving them they probably are there, try magnifying the area on your screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safelycrackers Posted May 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 gsc, you're correct. It's actually a tiny line, but even when I start Vistool from scratch and open a completely new file it is there before I even start anything. Deleted it and saved the clear one as the new file and seems to be sorted. Thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenB Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 CTRL + F5 is a useful shortcut to get into the habit of using - it shows the path the cutter will take around the job. You can immediately see if the cutter is going to go off somewhere you don't expect, and you can investigate to find out why. SHIFT + M is then a good follow up shortcut, to optimise the job, if there's lots of hatching, it will make the engraving much more efficient. With regard to your hatching dilemma, the 'Hatch Settings' box seems to be the key area. 45 degree angle is fine, set the gap toslightly less than the tip of your cutter. For a 0.3mm cutter I use 0.25mm, for a 0.6mm I use 0.55mm and so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsc Posted May 10, 2014 Report Share Posted May 10, 2014 Those keyboard shortcuts aren't available in Vistool 6 Steven, only Vistool 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted May 14, 2014 Report Share Posted May 14, 2014 I always use island fill when engraving for filling, and usually set the cut to half the width of the cutter i.e. island fill 0.05mm using a 0.1mm cutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safelycrackers Posted May 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 What is the difference between "Hatched" and "Island" if anyone knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted May 15, 2014 Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 What is the difference between "Hatched" and "Island" if anyone knows? Hatched you set a width and an angle for the cutter to go backwards and forwards. An island fill you set a width and it follows the countour of the shape round and round moving over the width you set with each "lap" of the letter/shape. Hope that makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safelycrackers Posted May 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2014 Yep, got it !! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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