Gadget: Add Tabs to Contour for use in a Toolpath

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CNCDaveToo
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Gadget: Add Tabs to Contour for use in a Toolpath

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I have developed a fairly simple gadget that creates a new layer and then adds a contour generated from a series of LineTo commands that completes at the starting point, leaving a closed line object.

What I would dearly like to add to this is the ability to add tabs at very specific locations on the contour so that when I apply a toolpath, the tabs are integrated into the toolpath.

From the API documentation (page 58), I see that I can add tabs to the Contour object (using the :InsertToolPathAtTabAtPoint method).

What I don't understand is: where are these tabs saved? Is it part of the Contour object itself that will become visible when I apply a toolpath the to object?

Or, do I need to somehow apply them at toolpath creation?

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Re: Gadget: Add Tabs to Contour for use in a Toolpath

Post by Adrian »

When vectors are copied and pasted between sessions the tab information goes with them so I'd say it must be stored at the contour level.

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Re: Gadget: Add Tabs to Contour for use in a Toolpath

Post by CNCDaveToo »

Many thanks Adrian!! You were dead on -- I'm able to generate tabs with abandon!!

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