# 3D carve problems **URL:** \ **Category:** Gallery\ **Created:** [October 12, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/3d-carve-problems/8229 "2021-10-12T14:20:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JCinMT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JCinMT](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/JCinMT)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/3d-carve-problems/8229/1 "2021-10-12T14:20:33Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/2X/6/65d8d134b5e89c35578e8a10369a870c6530ba96.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/3X/4/2/427148da6bcaa2240c16b91cfacd952f57ab766d.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/2X/3/30b8cad84a39eac208a533af56cc284fb6c1d1da.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/onefinitycnc/original/2X/8/82754c56516ed017c0f2d519390f488707e62f4a.jpeg) I did a large 3D carve over the weekend & the finish pass was terrible. Had area that were missed & a few places that were carved & shouldn’t have been. This is the first time I’ve had this happen. Is there something I could have done to prevent this, or it just a glitch? The tool path was run in offset. First time I’ve tried that, so insure if that caused the problems. ---
**Author:** ![alden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.onefinitycnc.com/alden/32/161_2.png) [@alden](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/alden)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/3d-carve-problems/8229/2 "2021-10-12T17:02:39Z")
Which program did you use? ---
**Author:** ![JCinMT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JCinMT](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/JCinMT)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 10:35pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/3d-carve-problems/8229/3 "2021-10-12T22:35:38Z")
I used VCarve Pro with a file I bought online. Have done a few other file before with no issues. ---
**Author:** ![pootaholic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@pootaholic](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/pootaholic)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/3d-carve-problems/8229/4 "2021-10-12T23:40:27Z")
Did you re-zero your Z-Axis in the same place between tool changes? ---
**Author:** ![JCinMT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JCinMT](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/JCinMT)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/3d-carve-problems/8229/5 "2021-10-12T23:56:22Z")
Yes I did. The depth of the cut is too deep & that is entirely my fault. I’m wanting know if the skipped areas & cuts through the design are something I can prevent or if it’s just what happens sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![pootaholic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e7dd6/32.png) [@pootaholic](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/pootaholic)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/3d-carve-problems/8229/6 "2021-10-12T23:59:35Z")
Could possibly be corrupt file or EMI issues. Did you preview the file in VCarve Pro? ---
**Author:** ![JCinMT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JCinMT](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/u/JCinMT)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.onefinitycnc.com/t/3d-carve-problems/8229/7 "2021-10-13T00:40:50Z")
Yes, it looks fine in the preview, I’m going to run this again on some MDF but in a raster to see if it does any better