Vector optimization help

I am having trouble getting this image to engrave (fill) without jumping around. I would like it to engrave from bottom to top and then cut out on the circle. I would expect the fill engrave to engrave fully starting at the bottom, but it skips areas and then comes back.
The bigger problem is when I do an array of 100 coins as it jumps around everywhere, so I thought I would start by getting one to burn correctly. I think I have tried every combination both in layer settings and optimization settings to no avail.
Any ideas?


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Well… I couldn’t see why it was doing it that way. I use that fill for cups where jumping around isn’t a good idea. I’ll be watching this also.

Sometimes you can watch what it does in the preview and have some idea why it’s doing what it’s doing.

I ‘fiddled’ with is a bit. I wonder if it has anything to do with how you drew it.

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If you turn off ‘Flood Fill’ it will engrave as you expected, might take longer though, I didn’t check that

There is a video and some discussions on how ‘fill flood’ can have some ‘unexpected’ results. Just came up again on a rotary issue.

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i’ve obtained this one with an array of 5

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in the video is upside down but the file is correct

I assume yours is the email I replied to - I’ve sent you an updated version with suggestions.

Turn off (red) ‘Flood Fill’ and set Optimization as shown to produce as you’d like.

Edit: Just reviewed email response from Oz. His file has as you’d like to produce.

I’m still not comfortable with the optimization menu and all the options.

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Thank you, Oz for the email with the solution. Flood Fill being on was most of my issue.

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