Dear forum, I am in the process of trying to cut chips from Path for the very first time. As expected, the g-code produced is not identical to Heeks CAM, which I have used successfully in the past. I specifically need to change the preamble and tool change sections, so they don't throw away my tool ...

Thank you Marcus!

Defining the axes and their directions is a setting you do in LinuxCNC.

Or do you mean that you have them correct there, and your path is turning it wrong?

Dear forum, I am unable to move the holding tags to where I want them. It looks like this: Skärmbild från 2021-03-01 14-22-55.png OS: Linux Mint 20.1 (X-Cinnamon/cinnamon2d) Word size of OS: 64-bit Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.19. Build type: Release Branch: unknown Hash: 3d227cf7179c00e5...

GeneFC wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:36 pm "inferial" units

When people from "imperial territory" talk about thousandths and microns, I really don't know what to expect... And if there is no clue to their origin...

Does it seem to make sense to have automatic recalculation of 3D paths at all? There seem to be many ifs and buts?
Maybe it would be more practical to select a path and hit a "recalculate" button?

Isn't this what "copy", "array" and "simple copy" are for?

Thanks for explaining this chrisb!
I have seen the picture with the definitions many times before over the years, but it was not until your example above that i finally got what safe and clearance is for. To me, they are just synonyms, hence difficult to understand.

Helical paths are the obvious exception to existing tools not doing simultaneous x,y,z movement, are there others I'm missing. I can think of holding tags, slots, pockets, profiles etc with ramp or zigzag entry and anything 3D. I think there was a discussion on this topic as well and think the conc...

I have seen this too and was hoping for the same behavior as you.