Design Tips for Manufacturing

  

 

 Use Hairline stroke thickness when designing a file to be cut. 

 To ensure the CAM process properly loads the completed design, always convert all objects to paths at the end of your design. 

 It's easy to convert objects to paths, but not paths to objects - complete object transformations before converting to paths. 

 Use Align and Distribute tools to save time patterning repeating shapes 

 Shape builder can shortcut multiple boolean operations when constructing a complex shape from simple geometries.