# Area Clearance advice **URL:** \ **Category:** CarveCo\ **Created:** [June 5, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/area-clearance-advice/8965 "2023-06-05T18:00:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chaosweaver](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Chaosweaver](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Chaosweaver)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/area-clearance-advice/8965/1 "2023-06-05T18:00:59Z")
What am i missing here, offset leaves out a chunk in the middle, raster leaves ridges around the perimeter. Is it my stepover? ![Capture.PNG](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d1aae1af5a4c7dd1ee6307ab0bb68a18d0c96abd.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/gwilki/32/366_2.png) [@gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/u/gwilki)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/area-clearance-advice/8965/2 "2023-06-05T19:03:36Z")
@Chaosweaver What software is that? ---
**Author:** ![Chaosweaver](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Chaosweaver](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Chaosweaver)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/area-clearance-advice/8965/3 "2023-06-05T19:20:27Z")
Carveco maker. ![IMG_20230605_121209_01](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d678c4e480f70cf9d81b51354698c8bce6c16117.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/gwilki/32/366_2.png) [@gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/u/gwilki)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/area-clearance-advice/8965/4 "2023-06-05T19:40:51Z")
@Chaosweaver Tks. I’ve moved your question to the Software/Carveco board. I believe that it will get more traction there. ---
**Author:** ![Swinly](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Swinly](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Swinly)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/area-clearance-advice/8965/5 "2023-06-05T20:34:39Z")
I’m not sure… Do you by any chance have another vector in the center, maybe on another layer? Can you turn on your visibility for your vectors and then take a screenshot? Make sure all vector layers are visible. Seeing all the vectors and corresponding toolpaths may help. ---
**Author:** ![Chaosweaver](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Chaosweaver](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Chaosweaver)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/area-clearance-advice/8965/6 "2023-06-05T21:04:06Z")
Nope its just a clean rectangle. Have had this issue before with other shapes and that style of clearing. Ill test my stepover to be closer ---
**Author:** ![Swinly](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Swinly](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Swinly)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/area-clearance-advice/8965/7 "2023-06-05T21:13:39Z")
Yeah, it seems like this has happened to me before but I can’t for the life of me remember it. It just seems very familiar. If you do figure it out, let us know. ---
**Author:** ![GregM](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/bc79bd/32.png) [@GregM](https://forum.sienci.com/u/GregM)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/area-clearance-advice/8965/8 "2023-06-06T12:56:30Z")
What bit are you using and what is your stepover ? I have had a similar issue on a smaller scale which resolved by using a smaller stepover. ---
**Author:** ![Swinly](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Swinly](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Swinly)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/area-clearance-advice/8965/9 "2023-06-06T14:27:52Z")
That has got to be it. I enlarge the stepover for a 0.25" bit to a 0.2" stepover and was able to recreate what the original poster was getting as a result. ![Screenshot 2023-06-06 09.25.41](https://forum.sienci.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5ba4f46a4686a8de0213c0501d649a026cd350d0.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Chaosweaver](https://forum.sienci.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Chaosweaver](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Chaosweaver)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/area-clearance-advice/8965/10 "2023-06-06T15:00:01Z")
Yep that worked, less stepover solves it. I suppose for a small pocket, no biggie but if this was a big job, id make another small area clearance toolpath ---
**Author:** ![gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/gwilki/32/366_2.png) [@gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/u/gwilki)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/area-clearance-advice/8965/11 "2023-06-06T16:56:26Z")
@Chaosweaver Given that @GregM and @Swinly seem to have resolved your issue, I’m closing this thread. My thanks to all of you for your participation in this and to you, @Chaosweaver for letting us know that the issue was resolved. ---
**Author:** ![gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/gwilki/32/366_2.png) [@gwilki](https://forum.sienci.com/u/gwilki)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/area-clearance-advice/8965/12 "2023-06-06T16:56:30Z")