oh my gosh i was watching this video and was not paying attention but then i restarted it and this is the BEST VIDEO ON NODE EDITING please watch this Garrett does the best job ever keep it up lonnie from bothell washington
This is great! Nodes have puzzeled me until I started watching your tips. This one and the Jeep corrective action you illustrated helped take the mystery out of it all. Thanks Garrett!
As usual Garrett, a wealth of information! As soon as I watched this video, I returned to a project I was having issues with and fixed those issue straight away! Some of the issues I was having, had to do with straight line edits, for instance, you have an open ended on one end slot that measured .250" and you need it it to be .264" If you open the Snap options under the Edit menu, then look for the "Fixed Nudge Distance" you can set that to .007" or whatever you need. Then you select the nodes on say, the left side of the slot, then press and hold the "Shift + CTRL" keys then hit the left arrow key and the line between the two selected nodes will move left or right precisely .007" or whatever you have the "Fixed Nudge Distance" set to. Then repeat for the right side of the slot and move it to the right. Now your open ended slot is exactly .264" The cool thing about it, is if you have many of those slots to edit, you can select as many of those slots that you want so long as the nodes are clearly distinguishable, and that they are aligned the same way. Node editing is a Godsend! Thanks Garrett!
Frank, glad you got those pesky nodes figured out when you need that dimension to be perfect. I couldn't have said it better myself, node editing is a Godsend!
Thank you Sir! Yea, I got this, wish I had it 10 years, I was smoothing curves just yesterday, this would have been so helpful. I think this is one of those lessons I'll never forget!!
Another useful video. And another case of almost not watching to the end because as soon as I got the concept I wanted to jump back to a project currently underway.
As always you have made our CNC experience much more enjoyable. Some place I saw where you can drop the amount of nodes that are in a vector. Sometimes when I create a vector and go into node editing there is a bunch of nodes and the only to get rid of the nodes is to click on each one then delete. Some place I’ve seen a much quicker way of deleting them. I’m sure you can help. Another great video to go into my “Tips from Garrett” folder. LT
Awesome trick Dude, I never knew you could do this, this will change a lot of designs now. Also your bit set 30, 45 and 90 deg are awesome man, these cut oramask masking like amazing! Thank you, these are a life saver. Lovin it! Andrew
Hey Andrew. I love finding these little tricks...and getting them out to CNC'ers like you who are gonna love knowing it. Regarding the bits...Thank you. I was wondering if you could take a moment and leave a review about them/ Thanks. You can do that here: idcwoodcraft.com/product/v-bit-set-for-cnc-router/
This is a useful trick I have been using for a while now. It really comes in handy when you want to preserve the node placement of a section and move them together in relation to the rest of the model. Another tip to add to this is that you can also use the CTRL and SHIFT keys in combination with the cursor keys to make finer or coarser movements making it much easier to add that additional level of precision to your drawings.
Hi Garret, I've been using this technique for a couple years. I guess I did not realize I was doing something out of the ordinary. Lol. Thank you for sharing and helping to increase Vectric software knowledge. You can also right-click on multiple selected nodes and select smooth if that helps too.
Hey DCD. Yeah, we often just take this stuff for granted and don't realize that it is just not really known to the general public. I'll remember the right click feature and share that in a video as well
Garrett your videos have taught me a lot and wanted to say thanks. Do you have any videos on the Vectric Plate Production tool? I have a Bunch of Ranger Derby (pinewood derby) plaques to make that are carved and will be using the plate production tool to do it.
Will look for it one of these days. I have about 45 cedar carved plaques to make with 3 fields that will change data with due in about 8 months.. I have a CRV file of what I gave them in February but those were not plate productions. Just Copies and new files created of each plaque. If you want to look at it your welcome to it. Here is a video of making these plaques. th-cam.com/video/EVTj3PKEVQQ/w-d-xo.html Mark Jones
I'm assuming you could use this function when correcting problems while in vector validator to move nodes around with the cursor and see if things are not joined and nodes are on top of each other ..
I've watched many of your videos and have learned so many things that cncing is getting easier and more enjoyable. Thanks for what you are doing--newbies like me need all the help we can get.. I watched a movie called "madison" the other night, do they still have boat races on the river? Thanks again.
Hey Mike. I am glad the videos are helping. That movie was shot quite a few years ago...before my time. Yes, the boat races still go on. They are a ton of fun. Are you going to come next years to watch? We'll have a blast.
I do so enjoy your info. My Genmitsu 3018 works fairly good with Vcarve desk thanks to your videos. The Vectric tutorials are hard to understand being UK english. The first one i tried to watch turned into a long search for the "STOT" button. Could not find one and i finally figured she was saying Start Button. I gave up on her. Thanks again When I order my Longmill how do i do it that gives you recognition on the sale?
Hey Richard, I'm glad the videos have been helpful! I know the learning curve with Vcarve can be steep but I'm happy to help make it a little less confusing! Thanks for considering me when buying your longmill. If you use this link here → bit.ly/3JQx3BB. It gives me a little extra jingle in my pocket! I'm excited for you to get your longmill and see what you create on it!
Thanks Garrett, VERY useful. One problem I am having is when I try to delete a node I hover over it, hit delete and the whole vector disappears. What am I doing wrong? I am using Cut2D Desktop. Again thanks so much for your videos.
Jerry, right click the vector and ungroup them if they are grouped. If your working with text, you can right click it and convert it to curves. Hope it helps you brother.
Now I 'node' how to do that. Thanks for also describing the use of the keyboard in various ways. BTW, chicken for dinner. The cows are still on strike 😄. Also, this was 'coffee-length' too.
This turned out to be a good tool to find the "hidden vectors" that the vector validator can't find, but when you try to generate a tool path, open vector errors pop up. When you zoom in, you see a tiny tiny problem with a vector but the scissors won't cut it out. Use the node thing to move the good vector out of the way and fix it, move the vector back.
JanetPersons, try looking at this video on how to make accurate designs: th-cam.com/video/PetAHB1FEj4/w-d-xo.html It should help you with building your chair to accurate dimensions.
Well, that's handy. Thank you. I have one for you. Aspire came with PNG files for textures. Are you supposed to trace them? In my mind I think I'm missing how to use the PNG file to textures, waves etc.
oh my gosh i was watching this video and was not paying attention but then i restarted it and this is the BEST VIDEO ON NODE EDITING please watch this Garrett does the best job ever keep it up lonnie from bothell washington
Hi Lonnie. Wow, thanks for the shout-out on this. I am glad it gave you some new insight.
So, what are you making on your CNC router these days?
Seeing the arcs flow at 6:17 was too satisfying. This is going in my Vetric handbook!
Hey John. It is really satisfying now that you mention it
@@IDCWoodcraft soooo satisfying. I need to update you on my progress and share my first sign with you! Talk soon!
@@TorqueFork69 I look forward to seeing it!
This is great! Nodes have puzzeled me until I started watching your tips. This one and the Jeep corrective action you illustrated helped take the mystery out of it all. Thanks Garrett!
RichSwirdsing, you are so welcome my friend.
As usual Garrett, a wealth of information! As soon as I watched this video, I returned to a project I was having issues with and fixed those issue straight away! Some of the issues I was having, had to do with straight line edits, for instance, you have an open ended on one end slot that measured .250" and you need it it to be .264" If you open the Snap options under the Edit menu, then look for the "Fixed Nudge Distance" you can set that to .007" or whatever you need. Then you select the nodes on say, the left side of the slot, then press and hold the "Shift + CTRL" keys then hit the left arrow key and the line between the two selected nodes will move left or right precisely .007" or whatever you have the "Fixed Nudge Distance" set to. Then repeat for the right side of the slot and move it to the right. Now your open ended slot is exactly .264" The cool thing about it, is if you have many of those slots to edit, you can select as many of those slots that you want so long as the nodes are clearly distinguishable, and that they are aligned the same way. Node editing is a Godsend! Thanks Garrett!
Frank, glad you got those pesky nodes figured out when you need that dimension to be perfect. I couldn't have said it better myself, node editing is a Godsend!
Great video Garrett, thanks for your time.
Jim, you are so welcome my friend.
Exactly what I needed Garret, thanks!!
Marie, glad to help my friend!
Great tip Garrett 👍👍👍
Thanks Mark
Thanks Garret! great info !
Bruce, you are so welcome brother!
Thank you Sir! Yea, I got this, wish I had it 10 years, I was smoothing curves just yesterday, this would have been so helpful. I think this is one of those lessons I'll never forget!!
Donald, some lessons are just so invaluable that you will never forget them my friend. I'm glad this is one of them!
Thanks for your time Sir
you are welcome Kevin. how is your CNC'ing going so far?
Wet trick will definitely come in handy
Richard, Im glad you liked that one.
Garrett, great information. This hint will be very useful
Hi Paul. A neat trick, huh?
Nice to know this about nodes. Thanks Garrett.
You're welcome Charlie. There is so much about nodes to learn. I have a whole video that goes through them
Another useful video. And another case of almost not watching to the end because as soon as I got the concept I wanted to jump back to a project currently underway.
Dave, haha we are all guilty of that my friend.
Yup! Another cool tool trick.
Thanks Bob.
Great Video. I learned alot! Thank you so much for all you do.
Thanks Dan!
Awesome video - I have a feeling it will prove to be useful and beneficial for a LONG time!!
Hey Micheal, thanks brother. I sure hope so!
Thankyou for the help!
You got it brother!!!
Another great tip! Looking forward to playing with Vcarve tomorrow. Thanks.
Hey Matt. Well, let me know how the first play around with it goes.
Thanks for sharing this 😍😍😍
You got it Orsa
A very useful tip Garrett thanks for that! It’s gonna help me a lot with my design work.
Mike, you will find this more useful than you ever expected.
very cool Garrett
Definitely
Great trick!
Hey Larry. Definitely.
As always you have made our CNC experience much more enjoyable.
Some place I saw where you can drop the amount of nodes that are in a vector. Sometimes when I create a vector and go into node editing there is a bunch of nodes and the only to get rid of the nodes is to click on each one then delete. Some place I’ve seen a much quicker way of deleting them.
I’m sure you can help.
Another great video to go into my “Tips from Garrett” folder.
LT
Hey Lyle. This video goes into the nodes in the way you are talking about: th-cam.com/video/Zafn3m0IkiY/w-d-xo.html
Neat trick to know. Thanks as always!
You're welcome Doug
Awesome trick Dude, I never knew you could do this, this will change a lot of designs now.
Also your bit set 30, 45 and 90 deg are awesome man, these cut oramask masking like amazing! Thank you, these are a life saver. Lovin it! Andrew
Hey Andrew. I love finding these little tricks...and getting them out to CNC'ers like you who are gonna love knowing it.
Regarding the bits...Thank you. I was wondering if you could take a moment and leave a review about them/ Thanks. You can do that here: idcwoodcraft.com/product/v-bit-set-for-cnc-router/
Very useful tip. Thanks Garrett. Keep 'em coming :)
I will Kenny.
@@IDCWoodcraft Great. The next nice-weather weekend, I'm going to visit Madison again (from the Ft Knox area). I look forward to meeting you.
@@Kennyindia I'll be here
This is a useful trick I have been using for a while now. It really comes in handy when you want to preserve the node placement of a section and move them together in relation to the rest of the model. Another tip to add to this is that you can also use the CTRL and SHIFT keys in combination with the cursor keys to make finer or coarser movements making it much easier to add that additional level of precision to your drawings.
Alan, I didn't know that. I will definitely get that little tip out there. Thank you.
Hi Garret, I've been using this technique for a couple years. I guess I did not realize I was doing something out of the ordinary. Lol. Thank you for sharing and helping to increase Vectric software knowledge. You can also right-click on multiple selected nodes and select smooth if that helps too.
Hey DCD. Yeah, we often just take this stuff for granted and don't realize that it is just not really known to the general public. I'll remember the right click feature and share that in a video as well
Thanks super helpful vid
You got it LG
This is definitely good stuff, thank you
Hi Tom. It's one of those little things that just helps a ton!
Thanx
You're welcome Ali
Garrett your videos have taught me a lot and wanted to say thanks. Do you have any videos on the Vectric Plate Production tool? I have a Bunch of Ranger Derby (pinewood derby) plaques to make that are carved and will be using the plate production tool to do it.
Hi Mark. I don't have a video on that. I need to get it on the list.
Hey Mark, no brother. Sorry I don't have one on the Plate Production tool yet.
Will look for it one of these days. I have about 45 cedar carved plaques to make with 3 fields that will change data with due in about 8 months.. I have a CRV file of what I gave them in February but those were not plate productions. Just Copies and new files created of each plaque. If you want to look at it your welcome to it. Here is a video of making these plaques.
th-cam.com/video/EVTj3PKEVQQ/w-d-xo.html
Mark Jones
Nice tip!
Wagsman, so glad to hear you enjoyed this one brother!
I'm assuming you could use this function when correcting problems while in vector validator to move nodes around with the cursor and see if things are not joined and nodes are on top of each other ..
Steve, you definitely could brother!
I've watched many of your videos and have learned so many things that cncing is getting easier and more enjoyable. Thanks for what you are doing--newbies like me need all the help we can get.. I watched a movie called "madison" the other night, do they still have boat races on the river? Thanks again.
Hey Mike. I am glad the videos are helping. That movie was shot quite a few years ago...before my time. Yes, the boat races still go on. They are a ton of fun. Are you going to come next years to watch? We'll have a blast.
I do so enjoy your info. My Genmitsu 3018 works fairly good with Vcarve desk thanks to your videos. The Vectric tutorials are hard to understand being UK english. The first one i tried to watch turned into a long search for the "STOT" button. Could not find one and i finally figured she was saying Start Button. I gave up on her. Thanks again When I order my Longmill how do i do it that gives you recognition on the sale?
Hey Richard, I'm glad the videos have been helpful! I know the learning curve with Vcarve can be steep but I'm happy to help make it a little less confusing! Thanks for considering me when buying your longmill. If you use this link here → bit.ly/3JQx3BB. It gives me a little extra jingle in my pocket! I'm excited for you to get your longmill and see what you create on it!
You get more control with the keyboard that way too. Over 14k now, keep it up!
So much more control that way. K in days
Would still love to see a video on feeds and speed for aluminum, cutting methods, climb vs conventional, adaptive tool paths, cutter selection, etc.
Hi Troy. I have many of those videos out already. Not the aluminum. That won't be for a couple months yet.
Thanks Garrett, VERY useful. One problem I am having is when I try to delete a node I hover over it, hit delete and the whole vector disappears. What am I doing wrong? I am using Cut2D Desktop. Again thanks so much for your videos.
Jerry, right click the vector and ungroup them if they are grouped. If your working with text, you can right click it and convert it to curves. Hope it helps you brother.
Now I 'node' how to do that. Thanks for also describing the use of the keyboard in various ways. BTW, chicken for dinner. The cows are still on strike 😄. Also, this was 'coffee-length' too.
you can keep the chickens in the teepee in your kitchen. Hmmm...then you could carve them up while they're there.
@@IDCWoodcraft OH! NO! My Tee Peed all over the place 😂.
I just thought you would like to 'node' that 😜.
This turned out to be a good tool to find the "hidden vectors" that the vector validator can't find, but when you try to generate a tool path, open vector errors pop up. When you zoom in, you see a tiny tiny problem with a vector but the scissors won't cut it out. Use the node thing to move the good vector out of the way and fix it, move the vector back.
Dan, those pesky vectors can be tricky. Glad you found a good way to find the small issues that pop up now and again.
Can you make it large enough to build let say a chair dimensions?
JanetPersons, try looking at this video on how to make accurate designs: th-cam.com/video/PetAHB1FEj4/w-d-xo.html
It should help you with building your chair to accurate dimensions.
Well, that's handy. Thank you. I have one for you. Aspire came with PNG files for textures. Are you supposed to trace them? In my mind I think I'm missing how to use the PNG file to textures, waves etc.
Hey Jason. I don't work with textures much so will have to look into it.
I used to run from node editing.. Now, I love node editing... I live to wake up at 5am and edit nodes....
Nodes, nodes, nodes. Love making nodes!
@@IDCWoodcraft I love the look of intersected nodes in the morning.... ;)
I used to do a lot of 3D modelling in the 90s using nodes and flags to control splines. Does anyone know how to activate it in Fusion 360 ?
Hey Don. I hope this question gets answered
I never node you could do that.
You're too funny Jonbo!!!