Hey all, I am curious as to what the shaded areas mean in fusion.
I am drawing a sign, and as you can see on the right, the tulips have shaded areas but the “mom heart” does not have any shaded areas.
It is my gut feeling that they should both have shaded areas and the shaded areas will be the “cut out” areas?
I am thinking something is wrong, but I can’t figure out how to get any “shaded areas” for the “mom heart”
Edit the sketch and look for white dots instead of black dots at the vertices. These indicate open vectors. Zoom in on the area and try to drag the white dot to the intended connection point (nearest black dot). That should close it.
If that doesn’t work, you may have an issue with the vertex being on a different Z level.
@RunsWithScissors toggle on Points on the sketch palette so you can see them.
If the problem runs deeper try the Divide the Conquer method to find the flaw
Good advice already given on how to trouble shoot it.
Hard to tell just from the image, but two areas look suspicious.
Now you know we could give you a concrete answer/solution if you supplied your f3d file…
I did a bit more exploring and I think Bret might be right. I zoomed up on a spot and there appears to be a fly in the ointment:
Thanks guys, I tried what @TomWS and @TinWhisperer suggested and I found a ton of White dots.
So many in fact that it seemed that every time I fixed one, another appeared.
I had to scrap that file and found another one.
Thanks for helping me find the problem! 
I am very happy with the result!
This is my first sign!!!
I originally ran into a problem with the torch piercing, but flaming out when it began to move.
“On the fly” in Fire Control I decreased the “pierce time” by 50ish % and it ran fine (mostly)
I have a couple of “marks” that I will solve with my TIG machine and a file.
I am thinking that these marks were caused when the torch ran across the “slats” under the piece.
I am very happy with the level of detail though. The “tulips” came out great!
Looks great!
Just for learning sake, we would be happy to give the first image a thorough look and see if it was an easy fix. Just share your f3d file. A number of us could take a look and see if it is something simple (usually is). Plus it keeps me off Amazon website if I have something to distract me.
Thanks Jim, I would like to learn how to do that.
I will post it tomorrow when I get back to my “plasma cutter computer”.
I would say the H is fine, that’s got to be a feature of the handwriting font. As for the other one, the a to r,l my guess would not be related to the slats. It’s probably another factor of the handwritten font. Depending on the source of the font the nodes aren’t always great when converted to cut and they don’t always connect well. Most weren’t meant to be huge and cut out of metal.
You’ve got a good attention to detail though. Lots of people would let that slide (not me) but it’s hard to hit that level of perfection on a $60 sign with a custom modified font.
I would say to use a sander rather than an angle grinder with a flap disc for your top clean up. Or switch to a grinder with a wire wheel. Those grinder scratch marks are distracting.
