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# Select the "Line" tool and connect the long, lead-in line of the box to the short, lead-out line of the circle.  This is a traverse line telling the machine to move from the circle to the box after it has finished cutting the circle.
 
# Select the "Line" tool and connect the long, lead-in line of the box to the short, lead-out line of the circle.  This is a traverse line telling the machine to move from the circle to the box after it has finished cutting the circle.
 
# Use the line tool and click on the long, lead-in line for the circle.  Place the other end of the line so that it is at least 1/8" past both the left and bottom edge of the part.  This will be the origin for the part and the cut.  It should look something like this.<figure-inline>[[File:Design with traverse lines.png|600x600px]]</figure-inline>
 
# Use the line tool and click on the long, lead-in line for the circle.  Place the other end of the line so that it is at least 1/8" past both the left and bottom edge of the part.  This will be the origin for the part and the cut.  It should look something like this.<figure-inline>[[File:Design with traverse lines.png|600x600px]]</figure-inline>
# Now you get to decide the quality of each cut.  Select the button at the bottom of your screen labeled "Quality".  You should see a range from 1 to 5, a Traverse, and Lead i/o.  The range of 1 to 5 will change the machines cutting speed.  The higher quality is 5 (slower) and the lowest quality is 1 (faster).  Choose a quality of 5 for the circle by clicking "5" and then selecting every part of the circle.  Do the same for the outer edge but with a quality of 1.  Your part should look like this.  Leave the traverse lines as green.  You don't want them to cut there. <figure-inline>[[File:Quality lines.png|600x600px]]</figure-inline>
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# Now you get to decide the quality of each cut.  Select the button at the bottom of your screen labeled "Quality".  You should see a range from 1 to 5, a Traverse, and Lead i/o.  The range of 1 to 5 will change the machines cutting speed.  The higher quality is 5 (slower) and the lowest quality is 1 (faster).  Choose a quality of 5 for the circle by clicking "5" and then selecting every part of the circle.  Do the same for the outer edge but with a quality of 1.  Your part should look like this.  Leave the traverse lines as green.  You don't want them to cut there.[[File:Quality lines.png|600x600px]]
 
# Sometimes there are extra points or lines that are unnecessary.  Click "Clean" on the right side of your screen, click "start" on the popup window, and "okay" on the second popup window.  Now your tool path is cleaned.
 
# Sometimes there are extra points or lines that are unnecessary.  Click "Clean" on the right side of your screen, click "start" on the popup window, and "okay" on the second popup window.  Now your tool path is cleaned.
 
# The last step is saving the file to be cut.  Click "Post" on the right of your screen.  This may ask you to save your drawing; do so.  It will then bring you to a window asking you to "Pick Start".  Select end of the traverse line that you defined as the origin.
 
# The last step is saving the file to be cut.  Click "Post" on the right of your screen.  This may ask you to save your drawing; do so.  It will then bring you to a window asking you to "Pick Start".  Select end of the traverse line that you defined as the origin.
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