Vcarve workpiece orientation

[EddyCurrent]

Eddy,
Why would you want to rotate the material?

I don't, I only have a demo of V Carve Pro, I was just pointing out that using the shortcut keys described by Earle, only the vectors rotate. You said the "the Vectors are the workpiece" which to my mind was not 100% correct because surely the material is part of the workpiece. Beyond that I care not a jot, I use F-engrave because it's free and does the job.

[phill05]

I don't, I only have a demo of V Carve Pro, I was just pointing out that using the shortcut keys described by Earle, only the vectors rotate. You said the "the Vectors are the workpiece" which to my mind was not 100% correct because surely the material is part of the workpiece. Beyond that I care not a jot, I use F-engrave because it's free and does the job.

The vectors are the workpiece that is the part you will cut and use, think of the "material" as your piece of paper you are drawing on, you only need to set the thickness of the material for the size of the part required.

[EddyCurrent]

The vectors are the workpiece that is the part you will cut and use, think of the "material" as your piece of paper you are drawing on, you only need to set the thickness of the material for the size of the part required.

I can see why it's easy to think like that but No, the material is the stuff you are cutting, so it's the workpiece.

[Ger21]

What if you're v-carving a rectangular workpiece? Rotating the vectors only will give you a very different finished workpiece.

[phill05]

What if you're v-carving a rectangular workpiece? Rotating the vectors only will give you a very different finished workpiece.

Say you have a sheet of ply 8' x 4' and is the max of your machine bed 8' is in X axis but you want to V carve text to go across 4' Y axis you draw it in X axis and rotate and place in Y axis.

You cannot rotate the "Material" as Eddy seems to think you can.

[EddyCurrent]

You cannot rotate the "Material" as Eddy seems to think you can.

Okay, this is my last post on this. I do not seem to think you can rotate the material. All I'm saying is two things;

1. Only the vectors rotate when you apply transforms, the material does not.
2. As I see it the material is part of the workpiece

And lastly I don't have any problem with this, it's just the way it is.

[phill05]

Okay, this is my last post on this. I do not seem to think you can rotate the material. All I'm saying is two things;

1. Only the vectors rotate when you apply transforms, the material does not. "Correct"
2. As I see it the material is part of the workpiece

read what D-man asked for in post 1 "Hey guys, I'm having a bit or a mate at the moment with the workpiece in vcarve pro outputting to the machine.

for example if I want to cut along the Y on the machine I have to create my workpiece vertically in VCP

any ideas

[EddyCurrent]

Okay, this is my last post on this.

I lied

phill05, if I was cutting shapes from sheet material or stock that was well oversize for the job, it would not matter that only the vectors rotate.
But if you cut like I do where the material profile is cut to size first on a saw, then clearly if only the vectors rotate they would no longer fit the stock material.
I use CamBam mostly and it's the same with that, if I apply transforms the stock material is unaffected, so what I have to do is resize the stock to orient it in the other direction, i.e. swap over the X and Y values.
Now all that is fine and I don't have a problem with that but what I am saying different to you is this, the material or stock in some instances, as above, is clearly the workpiece.