Complex Shape - Help Required

and just in time for you to test the new 4.2 release (KM still defaults to 4.1 so you need to select 4.2 in the version menu).

here’s a workspace with the new trace op if you open KM in a private browsing tab and select 4.2 for testing (then shift+reload the page)

km-42-trace.kmz (411.1 KB)

Great work Stewart. I don’t think it suits my needs in this case as it does not respect the slope of the bottom surface - i.e. it mills it to the same depth overall.

I also can’t seem to sort out the “Select”, so I don’t even know why it’s only applying to the oval.

if you need to step down, yes. when step down is set to 0 it follows the selected lines precisely. it’s possible to add code to clip to the body on step down, but I haven’t gotten that far yet.

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I’m not having any luck selecting for some reason. Is there a technique I’m not picking up on?

if you zoom in on the line does it help?

No. Only the straight, horizontal sections of the central logo are available for selection. I also don’t know how it’s already choosing the oval if I select nothing.

odd. try deleting and recreating the trace op.

Behaves the same. I’ve attached my workspace.
Trace Test.kmz (312.1 KB)

this is a 4.1.10 workspace. you need to use the middle menu version switcher and select 4.2 – then shift + reload as instructed to clear the browser cache

Oops. My mistake. That works as expect. Thank you.

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Thanks so much Stewart. Everything worked great. It will be nice to see the addition of “clip to the body on step down” in the future, but as is is outstanding.

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