Path of pocket with inclined sidewalls

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Re: Path of pocket with inclined sidewalls

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bill wrote:What is the computation time to generate this Path, Mr Thunder?
I dont have Path.Area installed. Could you generate a path for the inverted LOFT Object from the stock block below?
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It seems every challenge reveals some bug at the moment. I simply tried with a mirror of the original shape, and it didn't work. The problem is caused by flipped orientation. Anyway, I fixed it, and insert some timing code.

On my Core i5 machine, 10 sections plus pocketing took only 1 second. Path generation time is neglectable.
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bill
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Re: Path of pocket with inclined sidewalls

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realthunder wrote: ...took only 1 second. Path generation time is neglectable.
Thanks reelthunder!

I think this might work!
Take Two for no three-dee! Finally stumbled across operation that can do so (Custom). Corners can actually be done by conventional End-Mill too.
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Re: Path of pocket with inclined sidewalls

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Hi realthunder,

thanks a lot! That is exactly what I was looking for!
It took me some time to get the compilation running with Ubuntu 16.10 but now it works perfectly.
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