Troubleshooting blades that don't appear or create properly

Troubleshooting blades that don't appear or create properly

Troubleshooting blades that don't appear or create properly
​"Hi Matt,

The one that was bigger and red, nearer the front was due to you having two fixture lines on top of each other. You can find this out by hiding the fixture, then using the "Get Info" icon (or typing "Get [Enter]" on the command line), then keep picking the lines - you should see it select more than one entity - see the status pane at the bottom). Just delete one of them. I think this also caused the base plate to fail.

The lollipop one is a geometric error that can be avoided by tweaking the scan settings and/or adding a boundary where there may be a small gap causing the loop (you have one in fact - see image). What I do to try to fix this is save the file, then I delete most of the blades except the problematic one and any that intersect with it (I sometimes shorted those ones too, for speed of build). This isn't always necessary (leaving the intersecting blade lines) if there's a gap like you have - because it is generally the gap and the scan settings causing the issue - but just bear that in mind. Then I build it and tweak as necessary. Once I find the right numbers, such as 0.03"/50 factor, for example, I reopen my saved version and apply those settings.

Your file worked at 0.03"/50 factor. Please see attached.

Attached is my version.

Best regards - and happy new year!
Rob

Original files sent to us:


Small gaps:


Minimised fixture lines:



Proof that the gap is only causing the issue when building just with one blade line and no intersecting ones:


Scan settings changed:


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