Perfect fit, please help! :)

[GrooveStranger]

You can do what you have in mind and it will look great. My notes are here:

Adobe Illustrator - Adjusting for Kerf in your Design

I finally got around to playing with this today, thanks for the tutorial. I had a couple of comments for future readers, specifically folks who may want to make arbitrary press-fit shapes, which also require kerf compensation. All is Not Always as it Seems: Use “Expand Appearance” If your shape has any effects applied to it, like the handy Effect > Stylize> Round Corners, then the paths created by Object > Path > Offset Path will follow the original shape, not the stylized shape. Here’s what …

Press-fit acrylic countertop sign

Made this for my office today. The material is 1/8" Chemcast acrylic, but I just lie to my Glowforge and say it’s Proofgrade. Here’s to having a lot of scraps so when inspiration strikes, you have what you need! [image] This was pretty easy to make, an hour tops because I had the logo art … and had already figured out the magic numbers for press-fitting 1/8" acrylic parts: the shape that goes on the inside needs to be cut .008" bigger all the way around. This will produce parts that fit tightl…