request for wiki page for addaptive

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Erich Schulz
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request for wiki page for addaptive

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Looking at the FreeCad I can see it's missing anything on adaptive path

https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/Path_Workbench

I got as far as discovering this thread (29 pages worth :shock: ) https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic. ... &start=280

which lead to this page:

https://github.com/kreso-t/FreeCAD_Mod_Adaptive_Path

tbh not clear how that all ties in with the button labeled "adaptive clearing and profiling" on the daily path WB

if it is the doco and this feature is still under active development then maybe just a stub that says as much???

soz another ignorant question

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Re: request for wiki page for addaptive

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this little journey brought to you by my utter ignorance of what an adaptive path is...

which I now believe is "toolpaths while keeping the constant material removal rate throughout the cut"... which does sound useful!
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Re: request for wiki page for addaptive

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That's a mostly accurate summary. To be pedantic, it's probably trying to manage cutter engagement rather than material removal rate but those two are almost identical in practice. It's also not keeping it constant but it's ensuring that engagement never exceeds a maximum. Engagement can often be less than maximum but not more.
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Re: request for wiki page for addaptive

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Wiki page initiated, but is INCOMPLETE and needs updating with information on the Path Adaptive operation. I copied Path 3D Surface and Path Drilling to get the page started.

Please contribute at Path_Adaptive.

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Re: request for wiki page for addaptive

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sliptonic wrote: Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:37 pm That's a mostly accurate summary. To be pedantic, it's probably trying to manage cutter engagement rather than material removal rate but those two are almost identical in practice. It's also not keeping it constant but it's ensuring that engagement never exceeds a maximum. Engagement can often be less than maximum but not more.
thanks both!!

I've added the above refinement to Russ's initial page https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.p ... did=494987
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I've updated the 'Properties' section, along with the 'Task Window Editor Layout' section.

The 'Description' section might benefit from some more information about the tool. A good sample image would be nice to accommodate this section.

The 'Usage' section has a basic outline of sorts, but it needs some details from someone familiar with the tool and its various properties/settings. Progressive images of usage steps would help if available.


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