I've used e-cut for a while and like it.
Especially the 'cassette' or box function for the cnc router, and the nesting is pretty good, too, for lasering. Perimeter is useful, too.
Yesterday I went to use the 'extend nodes' feature in version 6, to make a path to laser around letters where the start and end points are not on the perimeter.
That is a great idea, because it saves you ruining part of a letter with the laser beam while the bottom catches up to the top - eg in 20mm thick acrylic.
Ordinarily I'd set an overlap at about 2/3 of the material thickness, to make sure the cut finished and reaches the start, underneath the substrate.
Anyhow I was trying the 'extend nodes' option in CAD functions in E-cut version 6 or newer.
It was good, BUT... only about half the letters worked.
The other half had the nodes extended INSIDE the letters, instead of outside,
or the ends of the letters were displaced away from their actual position, so that some that should have had a 90 degree corner, now had a 100 degree corner, and an end that stopped nowhere near the start.
Thirdly, when I applied it to some letters with insides like D, or e or R, the inner shape had the extensions onto the letter part, instead of the background.
So, I found it ruined a few letters before I stopped it and thoroughly checked each one...
I was wondering if there is a solution. I had to omit all letters with insides, but it still did not do all outsides well.
Other than that, it is a great idea in the program.
I have emailed the maker to ask him. I thought I;d ask here in case anyne has encountered this, and has a work-around.
Thanks!