Odd Toolpath Generation Behavior
Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:51 am
I occasionally find that VM4SW will output some portions of toolpath as arcs if the selected geometry is a flat area feature. This is the resulting toolpath:
Whereas, if I select curves from the sketch I used to generate the flat area, the toolpath will not have anywhere near as many arcs.
There are a number of splines in this example, but I'm curious as to why they would behave in this manner. The posted file for our machine is literally half the size when I generate it from flat area geometry. It also cuts faster and leaves a cleaner edge than when I cut using the file generated based on curve geometry.
Anyone have any ideas on this? It's the reason I posted yesterday about the mass selection of flat areas. It's also a reason I would love to see associative flat area updating in future releases of VM4SW.
In this example, I've got 200 of these little trees to cut, and they need to be nice. But the slow going of selecting these individually is hindering productivity.
Whereas, if I select curves from the sketch I used to generate the flat area, the toolpath will not have anywhere near as many arcs.
There are a number of splines in this example, but I'm curious as to why they would behave in this manner. The posted file for our machine is literally half the size when I generate it from flat area geometry. It also cuts faster and leaves a cleaner edge than when I cut using the file generated based on curve geometry.
Anyone have any ideas on this? It's the reason I posted yesterday about the mass selection of flat areas. It's also a reason I would love to see associative flat area updating in future releases of VM4SW.
In this example, I've got 200 of these little trees to cut, and they need to be nice. But the slow going of selecting these individually is hindering productivity.