Line cut tool sometimes doesn't work

[Tytan]

i’m having an issue where sometimes the line trim tool doesn’t work, it highlights red as if it will allow it to cut, but the cut doesn’t happen, i attached a picture, i’m trying to cut the blue lines away from inside the black boxes so that i can put a different texture there, but the lines won’t trim away

i tried to see if adding nodes to the lines would help but it didn’t

i’m only been working with this sort of stuff for a few weeks, it’s my first laser and first time using this sort of software

[thelmuth (Tim Helmuth)]

Are your lines grouped? If not, upload your project so we can take a look for your issue.

[Tytan]

lines are not grouped, i have tried reloading and it doesn’t allow me to cut all of the lines, some lines trim fine, others just refuse to be trimmed

i tried grouping it as well and that didn’t work, also tried converting it to a path with no change

[thelmuth (Tim Helmuth)]

Upload your file

[Tytan]

here is a copy of the file, i have noticed the same issue on other files so i think it could be somehting i’m missing as to why it won’t work

i have other details i need to add to the wall and 3 more walls to make that will need extra details added, these details require that i remove more bricks as i go

wall.lbrn2 (62.2 KB)

[RalphU (RU)]

I see what you mean. The workaround I found was to select all of the blue lines and then select Arrange>Break Apart. Then it will trim out the lines. When you break apart, it zeros out the Xform inside the LBRN2 file.

[Tytan]

that’s worked for most of them, thanks for the help, i was sure there was some way to fix it that i just didn’t know about, i’ve been teaching myself

a couple of lines still won’t delete though, i may have to do it manually

[parsec (FerAS)]

Maybe the Trim algorithm needs optimization or is just the way it is, the Trim operation joins shapes whenever possible so when this happens you have to Brake Apart again then Trim.

Just a question - Where your shapes initially locked?

[Tytan]

i have no idea about locking shapes, it’s all just made from rectangles and lines within lightworks, eventually i did manage to get them to cut by selecting individual lines and using the break command, i just have no ide ahow or what happened but at least not i have managed to get it working

[thelmuth (Tim Helmuth)]

@Tytan

made from rectangles and lines within lightworks,

??? I’m not familiar with that software and when I googled it the results show a video editor.

[Tytan]

Yes sorry lightburn

I use lightworks for video editing and my brain auto corrected me

[thelmuth (Tim Helmuth)]

OK, so you created everything within Lightburn?

Very strange behavior. Even after breaking the shape apart it still takes multiple clicks to cut the lines, except for that one that just won’t cut.

Did you draw a line, duplicate it and move into position, did you use the array tool, or did you use some other process to create it?

[Tytan]

I drew the lines then copy pasted them and used the xpos and ypos to fine tune the locations for the lines, i didn’t group them or anything just copy/paste

[thelmuth (Tim Helmuth)]

Maybe one of the staff can explain this behavior.