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  1. #1
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    Question CAD Newbie question (probably realy easy...)

    Hello

    I got one of those dxf puzzle and I have a "question".

    Ok what I need to do is to scale a part (a line between 2 dots) because the material I use is thicker.

    I downloaded Doublecad XT but since I am only engraving stamps with my laser I am (totally) lost with CAD softwares...

    So here is what I would like to do :



    my problem is that I am doing that :



    So If someone could explain to me how to do that I would be really thankful :-)

  2. #2
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    I am not familiar with DoubleCAD but in most programs you can subtract an element from another. So I would create a rectangle you want to remove and use boolean substract from the original shape.


    Zax.

  3. #3
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    Yes !!!!!!!

    I did it !!!!!

    :cheers:

    Merci Zax !!!!

  4. #4
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    Another thing that is done is scale the whole thing up till the slot fits your material. Sometimes the larger material need to make a larger model to look right.

  5. #5
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    gmfoster makes a very good point - simply enlarging the slots may not produce the best results.

    Zax.

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    That makes sens :-)

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