I changed the stock size to 11x11x11. Cut to max depth of 5 and reran Meshcam. What I am now getting is that the tool path starts at X0,Y0, and plunges the...
Make the stock size big enough that there is room for the tool to fit between the edge of the model and the edge of the stock. Otherwise the tool won't have...
... fit ... model. OK, that will result in a toolpath. It dowsn't seem like a good answer though. Am I to assume that I must always chose a stock size that it...
What are the restrictions on having the rough step over less than the x or y step over. I am finding that if I set it to less, strange things are happening...
Am I to assume that I must always chose a stock size ... That's what I was having trouble with, and basically figured out that I needed the 2x toolbit width...
I thought I fixed that before beta 14 but maybe not. Either way it's been fixed in RC1. In general doing that will cause a loss of accuracy that is probably...
Nobody has ever mentioned it from that point of view before, and I never really thought about it. I suppose that I should add 3 options: 1) Keep tool within...
Thanks Robert. I've always been of the school of maching that feels that the first rough pass is through a band saw. The three options would be nice. By the...
... I vote yes for that! I'm assuming that "Don't constrain tool" would still respect "Max cutting depth" so that a workpiece with rolled-over edges could be...
It occured to me after my post that the change described might also fix your "round the zmap up" complaint. By the way, I'm working on the waterline algorithm...
... fix ... far ... Robert, keep up the great work. I really appriciate your ability to take the grumbling and complaints, and then translate them to a ...
Hi Robert, ... No, the oversamping will still be necessary. Any workpiece with vertical surfaces within the part boundary will need the oversampling. Consider...
You had previously complained about the fact that the ZMap size is rounded down from the stock size, potentially leaving a sliver of stock unmachined. By...
... OK, sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying. That option would always "round up" the zmap elevations to the next voxel (I think that's what a 3D pixel...
I'll second that. Put in in the stock setup area. I'd also like to be able to use the model's actual coordinates as well as being able to offset it in the...
That was my first thought, but based on what people have requested in the past I think they want an easier way to specify it. My belief is that only...
Actually my original thought was to add another dialog similar to the translate dialog that would allow the zero to be set. My problem is that I don't know...
... Good idea, I'll put that on the list. ... That's exactly what it was. The way that I had it required that the machining side be done in the Create ZMap...
... section ... Robert, take this as one guy's opinion (and not an expert by any means--I'm just a garage machinist thinking on the fly about what seems...
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Good Evening all, Could one of you more refined machine Guru's take a look at an STL file I uploaded to the Files area. Also there are a couple of screen shots...
It can't cut it any smoother than it looks in the Rhino render you posted, because the geometry is not smooth. An .stl is made up of flat triangles. If you...
Robert, is there a way I can put some simple comments in the NC file that Meshcam generates: 1. Tool diameter and type (ball or flat) used in generating the...
I've been working on activating the TOOLCHANGE statement in the post processor. Unfortunately, ArtCAM and MillWizard leave out some good info, like the info...
Hi, Robert some time ago I reported a bug with long x or y coordinates in STL files. I mean, i want to generate gcode in order to shape surf boards. Lenght is...
Sorry, I misread your message, it is related to the size. What size stepover have you chosen, and how much memory do you have in your machine? Thanks, Robert...
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