MappSmith — Cut-out streets

• What if parts of the street network fall out?

  Leave Welded on in the 3D preview. The layer warns you if pieces are attached to nothing. Add more road groups so the network joins up, or widen the frame band. The download refuses to export pieces that would fall out.

• What is the cut-out streets map?

  Just the streets, cut out and joined by the frame band. Build it as One layer, or "With a backer" for a solid sheet behind the streets. Picking it zooms the map to about a neighbourhood, a little wider on bigger boards, because a whole city cut out at 10 inches is too fine to survive the laser. Z...

• Why are the streets thicker on a cut-out?

  A cut-out has nothing behind it, so a hair-thin street snaps. The product starts with wider streets. Keep them wide enough for your material.