Contours must be closed
A closed contour is the only kind a laser can cut a part from. If the ends of a contour miss each other by up to 0.001 mm, we join them without asking (that is just noise from saving the file); up to 0.1 mm, we close the gap and ask you to approve it; up to 2 mm, we ask “Close it?”. Beyond that limit the contour is blocked, and we show how many millimetres are missing. A stray line gets a question: is it a slit, or something to skip? Several gaps on the same contour make a single question with every gap marked, not a separate question for each.
What you'll see when you get a quote
- We'll ask you
The contour has a 0.8 mm gap. Close it?
- We won't cut it
The outer contour is not closed - 40 mm is missing. Close it here - with one click in the DXF Editor.
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