Contour orientation not defined?

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curnowdj
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Contour orientation not defined?

Post by curnowdj » Fri Mar 06, 2020 5:32 am

G'Day Gang,
Not having a lot of success exporting gcodes. I am getting a error saying "Contour orientation not defined" I have not been able to find a solution from internet searches. My question is where and how do I define the contour orientation?
TIA

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Re: Contour orientation not defined?

Post by andrew » Fri Mar 06, 2020 8:39 am

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Re: Contour orientation not defined?

Post by curnowdj » Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:18 am

Qcad/qcadcam-3.24.2-pro-linux-x86_64.run on Ubuntu 18.04

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Re: Contour orientation not defined?

Post by curnowdj » Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:19 am

Version:
3.24.2.0 (3.24.2)
Internet:
QCAD.org
Build Date:
Jan 10 2020
Revision:
f05abb0
Qt Version:
5.8.0
Architecture:
x86_64
Compiler:
gcc 4.8.1

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Re: Contour orientation not defined?

Post by andrew » Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:44 am

Please do attach or e-mail the DXF file with the contour(s) / toolpath(s) as this is very likely the key to what causes the problem.

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Re: Contour orientation not defined?

Post by curnowdj » Fri Mar 06, 2020 12:16 pm

G'Day Andrew,
Not sure what I did but the issue has disappeared. If it comes back I will post the file.
Thanks

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Re: Contour orientation not defined?

Post by andrew » Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:01 pm

OK. It would usually indicate a contour that is not (or not precisely enough) closed.

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