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One thing I've yet to figure how to do - it "should" be easy??? - is:
Currently, if I wanted a rounded edge, I have to create the rounded edge, then painstakingly add the 1.5mm Circles as close to 6mm apart (Center to center) and get it about 40% of the time, the rest of the time is spent adjusting and printing and checking as it has to line up with a gusset (The side  of a bag). No i don't use up my leather for that, instead print on cardstock type paper and see how it lines up after punching the holes out.

What I'd like to do is be able to make the edges squared, add the holes, then, with the corner tool, make the squared corner rounded, but have the holes move with it, keeping it in-line and keeping the distance uniform - yes, I know that the distance will shrink. And I can delete the holes that are too close.

Is there anyway to do this, or am I just stuck doing it the way I have been?

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Hi Chris,

assume this could be done easier. Can you upload one example file showing the desired result?
i must admit from you process description i cant image what result you intend.

A stroke with dashed line and correct settings could be the trick, or i completely misunderstood.

 

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Posted

That would work, but - and I totally forgot to mention this - my laser (A Glowforge Pro - or any glowforge as I have to use their proprietary web app ) seems to look at that as a dashed line and not a dotted line. :( SO I need the circles.

Posted

You can use expand stroke to create circles from the dotted line.

Again, can you please upload an example file so we can see what is desired?

 

other options is to use text on path with circular shapes, or symbols and power duplicate. 

Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 

Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080

LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K

iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589

Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps.

I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.

 

Posted

Expand Stroke worked perfectly - THANK you. Unfortunately the pDF I have is copyright and the person who created gave me permission to turn into a laser file for myself, but cannot copy any pieces or the whole work to give or sell. And he told me not for assistance to anyone but himself - yeah, I know.

Posted

Great to hear  it helped.

 

Mac mini M1 A2348 | MBP M3 

Windows 11 - AMD Ryzen 9 5900x - 32 GB RAM - Nvidia GTX 1080

LG34WK950U-W, calibrated to DCI-P3 with LG Calibration Studio / Spider 5 | Dell 27“ 4K

iPad Air Gen 5 (2022) A2589

Special interest into procedural texture filter, edit alpha channel, RGB/16 and RGB/32 color formats, stacking, finding root causes for misbehaving files, finding creative solutions for unsolvable tasks, finding bugs in Apps.

I use iPad screenshots and videos even in the Desktop section of the forum when I expect no relevant difference.

 

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