Non-Looped Contour/Edge Cutting?

[chrisb]

Why not just linking the topic or at least the file?
https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=37125

[freman]

I did link the file. The link does not say more than I said here.

In fact, to clean up the material I needed come in from the end until it cleaned up. This would mean running the engrave job and shifting machine zero each time. I ended up doing the facing by hand written Gcode typed into a serial comms program.

This does seem to be feature which is lacking in FreeCAD.

[chrisb]

I did link the file. The link does not say more than I said here.

You didn't link it, you uploaded it twice.

[freman]

Sorry , I failed to appreciate the subtility of your critique.

[CoderMusashi]

Thank you RealThunder for opening my eyes to Feature Area tool and the power behind it. Get ready for a tutorial about this amazing thing we call Path wokbench and FreeCad.

[chrisb]

Can you upload a file with a working example? I tried recently and could not get it working.

[CoderMusashi]

Note the Feature2 example does not have myPath operation in the job tree(group). The pocket operation in there was to see if it would do a tool path like i wanted which myPath does. I wanted the tool starting on the outside and working its way in.

In the featurepathexample 3 file I only worked with sketches (same part as featurepathexample 2 without a solid body). I created my FeatureArea then generated the toolpath from those shapes. I then Created a job in the path workbench. Added myPath and myPath003 to the job and created a tool controller for it. I will be using this part as the example for my upcoming tutorial on reversing then creating a toolpath with path workbenches FeatureArea tool.

featurepathexample3.FCStd

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featurepathexample2.FCStd

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[RatonLaveur]

Is there a way that Feature Area and Dressup Boundary may work together or be consolidated into an improved workflow for area control? I wonder...
I remember somewhere in the discussion about 3D surface a demonstration that playing with the Stock was also generating limited area 3D pathing. I feel like PathWB has so many powerful tools at the moment and that it's grasping at a unified set that would catapult it at the forefront of open source cam (not that it's far away from it).

[chrisb]

Thanks for the examples. They are not easy to understand for me, so I'm waiting for your tutorial.

[CoderMusashi]

https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=41781 this will take you to the thread where the tutorial and video link info is. I hope this helps others