No Circles in Code when using ramping spiral

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Janus
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No Circles in Code when using ramping spiral

Post by Janus »

Hello!

When I have a circle in VCarve, then the resulting G-Codes are for circles in my machine file (G02/G03).

But when I mill a Circle and use Ramping -> Spiral then the G-Codes are made of hundreds of small linear segments (G01).
But spiral circles can be done with G02/G03.

Is this a normal behavior in VCarve? Or is it a problem of the Post Processor.

Thanks for any help
Jan

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Re: No Circles in Code when using ramping spiral

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Hello Jan,

This is correct - The postprocessor will not output arc moves
for spiral movement where the tool is moving simultaneously
in all 3 axes.

Tony

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Re: No Circles in Code when using ramping spiral

Post by Janus »

Hello Tony,

thanks for your fast response!

Do you think this will be changed in the future?
Arc moves with Circles can be defined with normal G02/G03 Syntax.

So there is no reason to generate 400 lines of code instead of 3 lines.

But it is only a matter of time and filesize. The result is allways perfect.

Thanks Jan

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