# Problem resizing slots

**URL:** <https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/problem-resizing-slots/118189>\
**Category:** LightBurn Software Questions\
**Created:** [November 27, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/problem-resizing-slots/118189 "2023-11-27T06:02:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![twmaster](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/twmaster/32/71900_2.png) [@twmaster](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/twmaster)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/problem-resizing-slots/118189/1 "2023-11-27T06:02:03Z")

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Having an issue with slots. On a drawing with several slots, all 3mm, only a few actually appear to be editable.

![Screenshot 2023-11-26 at 11.50.30 PM](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/e/7e24658df1f009ebe9fadc10a8d74e0fc51048f1.png)

I’ve checked there are no extra nodes or rounded corners in the drawing. The drawing seems to be closed as I only see one green node. No errors are present in the dialog box.

 ![Screenshot 2023-11-26 at 11.55.08 PM](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/2/b27e13b683554ddc193642d533349f8376ec5abe.png)

What am I doing wrong? (LB 1.4.03, Mac) Drawing:  
[slots.lbrn2](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/uploads/short-url/fPUntX8BfijhqzozvrJPMBVYvRp.lbrn2) (15.7 KB)

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![berainlb](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@berainlb](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/berainlb)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 6:27am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/problem-resizing-slots/118189/2 "2023-11-27T06:27:22Z")

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There are several unique issues with the various slots. Here are some of the things that I saw:

1. Slots must be made up of only lines. I saw at least one slot where one side was actually a curve.
2. Some of the slots have two very tightly spaced nodes at the corners. Delete the extraneous nodes.
3. I found one oddly formed slot where one corner of the slot had 2 overlapping nodes.

You can easily cleanup all of these issues by going to Edit-\>Optimize selected shapes and doing a very conservative “Fit shapes to lines”. That should cleanup most of the slots without distorting the shape too much.

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**Author:** ![twmaster](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/twmaster/32/71900_2.png) [@twmaster](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/twmaster)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/problem-resizing-slots/118189/3 "2023-11-27T06:58:07Z")

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Thank you. Much to my chagrin I missed the very close nodes in my review.

I did use the optimization tool and it fixed my issues. I greatly appreciate the help.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/system/32/64335_2.png) [@system](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/problem-resizing-slots/118189/4 "2023-12-27T06:58:19Z")

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