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by leonardshelby
Mon Jun 24, 2019 8:32 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to leave small gaps in cutting paths?
Replies: 15
Views: 2344

Re: How to leave small gaps in cutting paths?

Hey, thanks a lot for hacking that -noZ option. I'll try it. For my current 'workflow hack', to get holding tags for lasercutting, I have to use the Z changes as a source for "find and replace all" in a text editor. I am placing the holding tags with some odd Z number, 90deg. Then I'll sea...
by leonardshelby
Sun Jun 23, 2019 10:06 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to leave small gaps in cutting paths?
Replies: 15
Views: 2344

Re: How to leave small gaps in cutting paths?

@chrisb This does not work with lasercutters - often times they don't even have a Z axis (and if they do, it is used for focusing). The laser has to move without being turned on (G0) to leave gaps in the material. Alternatively you could travel faster in xy and/or reduce the laserpower to leave an &...
by leonardshelby
Sun Jun 23, 2019 7:36 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to leave small gaps in cutting paths?
Replies: 15
Views: 2344

Re: How to leave small gaps in cutting paths?

I'm running grbl 1.1f on an arduino, so I have set the Processor to grbl in FreeCADs job settings. If that is the postprocessor you are referring to?
by leonardshelby
Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:19 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to leave small gaps in cutting paths?
Replies: 15
Views: 2344

Re: How to leave small gaps in cutting paths?

I don't think I'll be able to help as I can't code. The tag feature doesn't work for laser/plasma/.. other cutting tools as well. It would require a G0 movement instead of Z changes. I will try to edit these by hand, too :/

I'll have a look at the code though, once I have spare time :)
by leonardshelby
Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:37 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to leave small gaps in cutting paths?
Replies: 15
Views: 2344

Re: How to leave small gaps in cutting paths?

Hey Mark,

thanks, that seems to be what I was looking for. I'll give it a try :)

Also, is there a way to remove the third axis in gcode? I am removing gcode manually in a text editor for now.
by leonardshelby
Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:03 pm
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: How to leave small gaps in cutting paths?
Replies: 15
Views: 2344

How to leave small gaps in cutting paths?

I'd like to prevent cut out parts from blocking the plotter. Is there a way to add small gaps in the (laser) contour cuts?
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by leonardshelby
Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:56 pm
Forum: Install / Compile
Topic: 0.17 & Mac Mojave total crash
Replies: 54
Views: 10848

Re: 0.17 & Mac Mojave total crash

I have just tried it: FreeCAD still freezes MacOS, but only for a few seconds. :) It used to freeze the system for about a minute. Also, when I open a file I will get a "beachball" cursor. It is not as bad as a system freeze, but it shouldn't happen (it's the OS feedback of an unresponsive...
by leonardshelby
Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:01 am
Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
Topic: Array in PathWB
Replies: 0
Views: 409

Array in PathWB

I'd like to engrave and cut multiple objects, one after the other. So far I could not get this to work, as the array feature in pathWB only works on single operations. Is there a way to group operations and apply the array to the group? Also, is there a way to automatically rotates/place as many ins...
by leonardshelby
Wed Mar 13, 2019 5:00 pm
Forum: Install / Compile
Topic: Mac dev Py3 / QT5 version - does not start
Replies: 10
Views: 2357

Re: Mac dev Py3 / QT5 version - does not start

@looo Thanks for your work on mac OS releases! Your version from the dropbox link starts, but it still has the same freezing issues as the older .dmg builds on macOS 10.14.x.
by leonardshelby
Mon Mar 11, 2019 11:42 am
Forum: Install / Compile
Topic: Latest build breaks menus on OSX
Replies: 4
Views: 546

Re: Latest build breaks menus on OSX

Have you tried to make another application active and then returning to freecad? This was working for me for the last months.