Outline operation won't cut holes that are close to the size of the bit

[electroAJ]

Hi.

I’m slicing a model with a single “outline” step, but the holes are being ignored. If I tell KM that the bit is 2.2mm diameter or less, the outline operation will cut the 2.7mm holes in question (using small circular passes), but when I use a 2.4mm bit size or greater, KM ignores the 2.7mm holes when I click “slice”. If I were using a bit diameter that was greater than the hole diameter, this would all make sense, but that’s not the case. What is the detail I’m missing here?

Thanks,
AJ

[stewart]

Hi AJ. Hard for me to tell for certain without looking at the workspace. If you can right-click export the workspace .kmz and post it here or email to [ sa at grid dot space ], I can debug further.

[electroAJ]

Stewart,

Just emailed you the workspace. Here’s an image of the model. The 2.7mm holes are on the left.

[stewart]

I’m not 100% sure what’s happening with outline in this case. But I sent you back a workspace that replaces outline with the trace op, and it’s working as expected.

[electroAJ]

Stewart,

I’m sad to hear outline has an issue, but I’m glad to hear the error wasn’t between the chair and the keyboard.

Thanks for the suggestion. I haven’t used trace before, but will try it out.

Onward,
AJ