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new to design edge, not sure what i am doing wrong but machine will cut once perfect but then trys to recut the same path. ive attached the .pcm
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I don;t have Designedge software but have seen this before, particularly on designs that were downloaded from the internet, or auto traced. It's as simple as have 1 drawing directly on top of the same drawing, likely just need to delete one of them.
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stickitwelding wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:04 pm new to design edge, not sure what i am doing wrong but machine will cut once perfect but then trys to recut the same path. ive attached the .pcm
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I don’t know how I did it twice is my problem.
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stickitwelding wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:03 pm I don’t know how I did it twice is my problem.
Either delete one of you cut paths, or delete both and create a new one. Here is your pcm with one of the sets of cut paths removed and your outer perimeter as a single cut path instead of the two you had.

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thank you sir, ill play around with it.
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So I looked at yours. Then I remade a new one so I could figure it out. So when I make a cut path it’s duplicating it. Any idea why?
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stickitwelding wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:07 pm So I looked at yours. Then I remade a new one so I could figure it out. So when I make a cut path it’s duplicating it. Any idea why?
Draw a single 6" circle, convert to cut path, and post your pcm file so I can have a look. I am not aware of any particular setting which would cause double cut paths. The double cut paths you had were not simply one on top of the other. They appeared to have different kerf width settings.

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The one David made already had cut paths so you did not need to make any. If you have blue cut paths, don't make any more until you delete all the others.
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stickitwelding wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:07 pm So I looked at yours. Then I remade a new one so I could figure it out. So when I make a cut path it’s duplicating it. Any idea why?
Here is your original file with no cut paths.
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Thanks David. I’ll draw that circle In the morning and see what happens. I’ll send file once done.
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Re: cutting twice

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he is a circle.
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stickitwelding wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:48 am he is a circle.
Your circle shows a single cut path.
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