basically what the title says. I have an SVG and want to engrave the paths (so no faces, just lines). When I import the SVG, it separates all features/curves into individual paths, no matter what I did to them before(grouping, joining and so on).
I can take all the paths of the SVG, create a job for it and create an engraving operation just fine, but the problem is that it requires me to select all the paths individually and add it to the geometry.
Thing is, the SVG I'm about to work on has a ton of individual shapes (think like a cobblestone marketplace situation for a model) and this would mean that I'd have to individually select and add hundreds, possibly thousands of paths to the operation. Selecting multiple paths at once and adding them to the geometry doesn't work because the engraving task window only lets you select edges/paths of the same solid at one time and it's all considered individual solids.
So what I'm looking for here is a way to make this workflow happen. Is there a way to consolidate the individual SVG-paths to a single "solid" before using Path WB on it? Is there a different option?
I remember that there is a way to turn edges to gcode paths directly somewhere in the dropdown menu, but I have trouble finding it.
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OS: Arch Linux (XFCE/xfce)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.21.30256 (Git) AppImage
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 55866fd62221beadad3cfd60915278b156609a66
Python 3.10.6, Qt 5.15.4, Coin 4.0.0, Vtk 9.1.0, OCC 7.6.2
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
Looking forward to your inputs.
Edit:
Looks like I've found the answer myself for the most part.
- Use the Draft WBs Upgrade, then Downgrade to turn the paths into a single object.
- create a job for it.
- in the engraving dialog, remove the block object from the Base geometry.
- Box select everything.
- Add it to the geometry.
- Apply.
As it shows here, there seems to be a bit of an issue with the engraving OP recognizing edges/paths when they are not individually provided. I'm also still searching for the option to turn an edge into a toolpath 1:1, I remember using it once, but I don't remember how I got there.