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Feeds and Speeds Addon

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I'm pleased to announce that the feeds and speeds addon is now available via the FreeCAD Addon Manager.

Features:

- Select path tool controller
- Select workpiece material
- Select Tool Material
- Set machining parameters
- Write calculated feedrate and spindle speed to the selected tool controller

Please report any issues here or on github: https://github.com/dubstar-04/FeedsAndSpeeds
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Brilliant work! Love it!
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Very good work.

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Thanks!
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+10
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Thanks!
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Re: Feeds and Speeds Addon

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Great work. Intuitive, easy to use for a complete beginner. The live update of calculated values is especially nice. I had a few things I noticed though.

Why is the minimum chipload set at 0.0200? Is that set elsewhere, or an arbitrary minimum?

I was able to enter negative stepovers and stepdowns just with the down arrow key when the respective boxes were selected. Is a negative stepdown desired for things like 3-d printing, or is that handled elsewhere? I would think that, at least, the negative stepover would cause problems with the rest of Path.

I was also able to enter negative surface speeds as well. Does that mess up FreeCAD elsewhere?

I think that the power calculation should stop increasing when you exceed a stepover greater than the tool diameter.

Overall, excellent job. Thank you,
-Thomas

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Feeds and Speeds Addon:
v0.1.0
Installed via Addon Manager
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Re: Feeds and Speeds Addon

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sliptonic wrote: Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:27 pm Brilliant work! Love it!
Thank you, your feed back is very appreciated.
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Re: Feeds and Speeds Addon

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In most tools is snowing to limit values, when make a research or experimenting with calculations, not limit but make a warning a tooltip or red alert
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Re: Feeds and Speeds Addon

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I would prefer a warning too. I have seen this quite often, that there occurred use cases where doing something "foolish" was exactly the right thing. And then it is a pain if somebody else has done all the thinking for me - except that special use case.
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