If you're on ubuntu and the purpose of the exercise is not to learn how to build the thing by hand, you could always use this https://launchpad.net/~iacobs/+archive/ubuntu/cnc/ (or download the sources and build the package locally)

Otherwise, it seems that "cut mode is broken" is a known fact, but there is no open bug for it. Should I open one? I, for one, wasn't aware that it was broken :) As for a bug, let's see what Sliptonic thinks (I know it's customary to discuss the issue with folks that might be able to do s...

Chipping isn't the issue. I got some 4/4 raw lumber, and no planer. Fine, so the CNC is the planer. But in ZigZag, the surface got 0.5 mm indentations between the climb-conventional passes. So, yes, I'll be sanding the surface, but I'd like to start from a less horrible situation. offset should hel...

c looks a lot like adaptive clearing in reverse I think cut mode is a bit broken, indeed; the best (only?) way to ensure a consistent cut direction at the moment would be offset (with "keep tool down" for efficiency), but even then the cut direction seems inverted (select "climb"...

check "use outline" in the pocket op

A freecad file or at least a screenshot would help... if I am to mind read a little, I assume you want something like this: Screenshot from 2020-12-15 13-38-37.png ... which is pretty easy: use a pocket on the inside of the box (select the bottom face, use outline) if you have any round holes (say, ...

looks like the slot operation doesn't take the cutter width into consideration and will only draw a single line; this is a 20mm wide slot and the tool is the default 5mm endmill: slot.png I'm guessing this operation has a very narrow use case (slot width equal to the tool diameter) and in other case...

michaelquigley wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 4:02 pm Okay... How do I get rid of the extra triangular corners?

check the extensions tab, select the one that's already defined and click enable

Looks like the "face region" boundary shape has some issues (it only does the perimeter on the last layer); I think you'd be better served by a pocket in this case, anyway, it knows how to extend the milling past the edges correctly.

edit: screenshots

thanks, now I'm in a rabbit hole... I found the complete collection o date at https://blogs.solidworks.com/tech/2020/03/20-years-of-model-mania.html and started going at it backwards (I got 2017 done today); some of them are definitely fillet torture models, wondering if they're okay to submit for t...