One just potty trained and working on the second...
Thanks!
Russ
REMEMBER: Toggle all "B_Axis Error Override" properties to FALSE before exporting gcode for your machine.RatonLaveur wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 2:41 pm The B-axis override is fantastic to visualize the correct path in FreeCAD...of course, it means that the actual NC code viewed with NCviewer is all scrambled
This "Use Rotation" property will need some adjustments within the code. I don't think it functions quite as smoothly as we would like. It does, nonetheless, provide the intended result within my limited testing.RatonLaveur wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 2:41 pm I'll play around with the B and A axis selections. Thanks a lot!
I have updated the scripts attached to the initial post of this topic. Version 1f_testing should respect XYZ linear translations done within Job setup. Also, a property to select the rotational axis is available.
Please don't be upset. I opened the file, toggled the "Reverse Direction" property, and recomputed. Wha-lah.mlampert wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 10:21 pm I finally had some time to look at your changes and I might be doing something wrong (I usually do)...
The pocket is in the positive Z direction and doesn't need any rotation. There's also something funny with the depths happening. Regardless of what I set the "FinalDepth" to it gets reset to being -10 during the recompute. And although "StartDepth" is at +22 the actual path starts at -22.
+1 !
It looks like you used the 3D Pocket tool originally. It does not support 4th-axis, yet. You need to use the Path Pocket Shape tool - circled in the attached image.