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  1. #1
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    Chaining advice !

    Hi all !!

    Have a commissioned project requiring pocketing some cross style pastern !
    here bellow is only an a sample board for testing and customer approval.


    FEW PROBLEMS !!
    A - the final board has +/- 30x more of these crosses @_# !
    B - the present issue is I'm having some....either brains fade or to much morning caffeine ....I can't find how to properly chain these. I explain !!

    The "original" cad come from another source and is imported to MC. !?!

    So when selecting the option close chain, it will ONLY take a single branch at the time, not all of the bottom pattern !




    OK...I then thought let's select window chaining !!...noP.. !


    ...



    Nop has.....it gives me this ??!....





    Again.....it I select single chaining....or even polygon on a one by one basis.....it's ok !?!

    Anyone KNOWS how to solved this??
    for 5 of those crosses.....one by one is not so....bad !
    but for...+/- 300.........DARN !! there must be a ...better way I'm not seeing

    Thanks in advance...

  2. #2
    Join Date
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    Re: Chaining advice !

    Why not just Xform project to plane Select new level
    then delete duplicates
    Then window chain

  3. #3
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    Re: Chaining advice !

    Thanks....just what I needed !!
    Works !!
    ...after shoveling over 5hrs from our snow storm ( eastern Canada) and only 4hr sleep.....my brain...is....having missing steps.....:tired:
    Nice to have support around !
    Thanks squirrel !

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