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by Russ4262
Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:25 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: size request.
Replies: 9
Views: 659

Re: size request.

... @Russ4262 do you have some hints? ... Good morning. At the moment I have no hints. I am not familiar with the post-processor structure and capabilities. The 'modal' flag sounds like an effective strategy. Again, without researching the current code base, I do not know which post-processors supp...
by Russ4262
Tue Mar 05, 2024 2:20 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Unified feature selection?
Replies: 4
Views: 396

Re: Unified feature selection?

... to create a single/unified instance of "feature selection", which then passes the result to the OP? ... This concept was presented in discussions some time back. This has been pursued with some success, and will likely continue to be advanced Speaking only of personal opinion, this co...
by Russ4262
Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:46 pm
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: How to mill this wooden bowl???
Replies: 24
Views: 2018

Re: How to mill this wooden bowl???

... For 3D-surface the problem is that it will never get a "clean" surface because the toolbit is not following the inner countour of the curved surfaces on the bottom: ... There is a way to get a more pleasant result by making the toolbit following the curved surface like in a "wate...
by Russ4262
Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:42 pm
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Scripting Path workbench
Replies: 21
Views: 5067

Re: Scripting Path workbench

... this is only the second time I've ever posted on any forum, ... What's the scripting equivalent of pressing the 'Set Origin' button in the Job dialog, please? ... Good afternoon, Welcome to the forum! Glad to have another FreeCAD user, and involved in the forum. As to your question about script...
by Russ4262
Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:20 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: pocket N holes?
Replies: 6
Views: 550

Re: pocket N holes?

... The real part I'm wanting to make doesn't have symmetrically spaced holes, so the array tool wouldn't work. Is there another way to pick up the true positions of the holes? I've attached another example with randomly spaced holes. Evening, You have two other options available, Profile and Helix...
by Russ4262
Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:52 pm
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Vcarve issues Vcarve problems
Replies: 37
Views: 2011

Re: Vcarve issues Vcarve problems

It has been 4weeks playing with the program and trying to get it right I'm also new to cnc just install .2 version still having the same problem I read in the code that the Z is always 10. It never goes to 0. you have to pass the information on to the developers... In the meantime, I'm going to loo...
by Russ4262
Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:12 pm
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Vcarve not deep enough
Replies: 16
Views: 1320

Re: Vcarve not deep enough

... I created a test piece this morning, with the same heights and depths of the problematic piece. It shows he same problem. I have attached the resulting FCStd file in the above posting. To summarize: the height of the plywood is 19.04 mm the shapestrings are also positioned at Z=19.04 and then p...
by Russ4262
Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:41 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: ramp Entry Dressup not working for entries above 1st Step down
Replies: 4
Views: 604

Re: ramp Entry Dressup not working for entries above 1st Step down

Thank you Russel for your suggestion, sorry it taken me so long to reply, I’ll have a play with those ideas to see if it helps. The only thought I had with the suggested strategy is that the cut on each layer will go over already cut material with each layer? Thanks again Evening. I wrote a script ...
by Russ4262
Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:16 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: ramp Entry Dressup not working for entries above 1st Step down
Replies: 4
Views: 604

Re: ramp Entry Dressup not working for entries above 1st Step down

... Is there anyway to correct this or does someone have a suggestion for a workaround? ... Evening, Looking at the example image you provided, I suggest manually creating a set of 3D Surface ops & Ramp Entry dressups, one set per step down. The first op will be Start Depth with Final Depth set...
by Russ4262
Tue Nov 07, 2023 1:44 am
Forum: Path/CAM
Topic: Path: Tag Dressup: Can't insert holding tags
Replies: 11
Views: 4956

Re: Path: Tag Dressup: Can't insert holding tags

Upgrading to 0.21.1 didn't help. ... -Kevin Evening. I suggest keeping the latest stable release. I recommend trying the multi-tag dressup macro available. It works with some profile operations that contain multiple profiles (contours) in a single operation. There is also a compound profile (multi-...