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  1. 01-11-2017, 09:43 PM #1
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    F-Engrave 1.58 - Question on tool path and lifting

    I have drawn a gear in black with white background and saved as bmp in 1000 dpi. F-engrave will nicely trace the gear, but some of the tool paths seem to go through the gear or teeth and there is a lot of tool lifting on simple arcs.

    Are there some settings I could fiddle with to produce a cleaner tool path?

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