Prism?

[tyskkvinna]

Hey all,

I've been using V-Carve Pro for all of maybe 24 hours now and I'm starting to get a feel for it. What I'm wondering about today is the "prism" cut feature. My understanding of it is that it creates a raised carving of the design inside of it, yes?

I have attempted it and I'm wondering... what to do about the areas outside of the shapes? Is this intended to be something where I cut the shapes out entirely? If not, is there a way to cut down the surrounding material so that it's flush to the shapes, rather than this weird dip thing that I see? (attaching pic)

If is intending to cut it out of the piece of material entirely, then what's the magic key to having it cut all the way through but still keep the integrity of the design? (See attached pic that looks obviously wrong.)

Sorry if these are stupid-noob questions.

[ger21]

Use a profile cut in addition to the prism cut.

[Tony Mac]

The Prism machining strategy is typically used for machining letters
for signs where the angle of the cutter is used to quickly form the
raised angled shape. Each letter is then cut from the material using
a Profile toolpath as explained by Ger21.

The cutting strategy can also be used to form raised angled designs
on the surface of projects and a Pocket toolpath is then typically
used remove the surrounding material.

I hope this helps,

Tony

[tyskkvinna]

Ah, okay! I understand now.I will have to give this a try and see how it works.

I have never machined something where I completely remove the end-thing from the piece of base material - is there anything special I should know before I attempt this? I'm doing it on a gantry router.