Got my Pro a couple of weeks ago and was all set to get crankin’ when the NorCal fires were raging. I wasn’t directly threatened, but spent the better part of a week helping with (mostly horse related) rescues.
So now that things have quieted down, it’s back to play time.
I have absolutely no laser or graphics experience, but my motto is: “Often wrong, but never in doubt”. I was feeling pretty pleased with my progress (made the obligatory Founder’s Ruler, a couple of votive/tea candle holders, the keychain hole/radius guage, tried out the Trace function, all without a hitch). Onward and upward, I says to meself: “Self, you are all over this…time to make your own design from scratch”.
I do leather work, and have a multitude of stamping/embossing tools that needed racks.
Jumping headlong into Inkscape, I spent the first half day feeling like a complete idiot in terms of understanding and application of illustration-type programs. Little by little, the pieces started coming together and I was able to make a tool holder that I was proud of. Laser’d in Draftboard and acrylic, it came out just as I had hoped. Soooo…I’m thinkin’: Let’s make another out of some nice plywood!
Long story short, the second shot is showing holes in the bottom piece rather than scoring. I have done absolutely nothing the file since it printed successfully. Any ideas what could be causing the GFUI to misinterpret the file?
BTW, I love this machine…it’s going to be a game changer for me!
Thanks in advance for your help.
Edit: the bottom piece that I referenced is actually the top piece (the one with the gray circles)