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by adze_cnc
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:01 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Disable popups for successful operations?
Replies: 13
Views: 534

Re: Disable popups for successful operations?

without an error message it would be automatically "good". Hmm.. I first got a mac mini in 2009. There was one "defect" in it that took Apple about 12 years to "fix" to my mind. If you dropped down a menu and accidentally missed and clicked on one of the horizontal lines between menu choices instea...
by adze_cnc
Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:40 am
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Moulding toolpath for sloped edges of box top?
Replies: 9
Views: 487

Re: Moulding toolpath for sloped edges of box top?

Or a picture frame is a box top with a hole in it so what's good for one can be good for the other.
by adze_cnc
Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:37 am
Forum: Cut2D - General
Topic: Help with an error
Replies: 1
Views: 156

Re: Help with an error

It might be a closed vector that has a small loop or one the doubles back upon itself. One could use the Vector Validator tool (the check mark icon) to see.
by adze_cnc
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: Post Processors
Topic: Playing with LUA
Replies: 2
Views: 327

Re: Playing with LUA

 
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by adze_cnc
Thu Mar 21, 2024 5:22 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Deep V Groove
Replies: 10
Views: 536

Re: Deep V Groove

It would be better to continuously cut out material from the left and right sides of the groove. Like many toolpaths there is a presumption that you are going to make sure that the tool doesn't crash. The chamfer toolpath is good at what it was made to do—putting a bevel on the edge of a piece of m...
by adze_cnc
Wed Mar 20, 2024 11:42 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: terms used in post processors
Replies: 7
Views: 320

Re: terms used in post processors

I noticed that they don't use the usual GCode calls (G20, G21) to dictate whether its imperial or metric. I suspect you haven't looked at every single post processor available. From the "Mach 2/3 Arcs (inch)" file: "([TOOLS_USED])" "[N]G00G20G17G90G40G49G80" "[N]G70G91.1" "[N]T[T]M06" Having said t...
by adze_cnc
Mon Mar 18, 2024 5:41 pm
Forum: Control Software related questions
Topic: bugged up broken software.
Replies: 5
Views: 350

Re: bugged up broken software.

First thing first: your choice of thread title is not helpful. The software may contain bugs but it is not inherently "buggy" or "broken". If I offered the thread title "Impatient user doesn't do the right thing" how would you feel? Second thing second: you really should re-evaluate your post and: a...
by adze_cnc
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:17 pm
Forum: Aspire - General
Topic: 3D Carving Times
Replies: 12
Views: 758

Re: 3D Carving Times

re: rest machining: just don't go too silly fine on the "Minimum Detail" setting. ...if you set your plunge rate to a fraction of your feed rate, the lower rate will "override" the higher rate. Not really. The plunge rate in Vectric products is used in two cases (that I know of): vertical engagement...
by adze_cnc
Sun Mar 17, 2024 4:00 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: 3D viewing pane in VcarvePro
Replies: 5
Views: 400

Re: 3D viewing pane in VcarvePro

Have you propitiated the computer gods lately? Do you know that Hawaiʻian pizza is really Canadian? Have you wondered whether Old King Cole really was a merry old soul? Have you played twenty questions lately? Adrian's solution seems the most plausible. If this repeats itself or that doesn't work le...
by adze_cnc
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:17 pm
Forum: VCarve - Tips and Tricks
Topic: Deleting a Custom Variable
Replies: 15
Views: 728

Re: Deleting a Custom Variable

I'd vote for the notes route. I'm not sure how fiddling about with tool names is that much more elegant. I once saw someone hammering in some stringing inlay into a groove using a an engineer's square. It didn't make a very good hammer and by the end of the process it wasn't much of a precision squa...
by adze_cnc
Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:12 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Compass Rose Inlay
Replies: 6
Views: 373

Re: Compass Rose Inlay

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by adze_cnc
Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:40 pm
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Drag knife gadget issues
Replies: 12
Views: 608

Re: Drag knife gadget issues

I’m not saying: that you saw that thread and asked here anyway that you didn’t experience gcode output different from what I got I just gave you a candle (that it’s been mentioned before) and some matches (that the search will let you find that thread). You can sit in the dark or light the candle.
by adze_cnc
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:38 am
Forum: VCarve - General
Topic: Drag knife gadget issues
Replies: 12
Views: 608

Re: Drag knife gadget issues

Also how hard would it be for VCarve to allow us to create a tool with 0 rpm so I don’t have to delete the M03 command line every time I want to run a drag knife tool path. Funny, this came up a month or two ago. The answer then was the same. The drag-knife toolpath <i>should</< save with an M0 as ...
by adze_cnc
Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:57 pm
Forum: VCarve - Tips and Tricks
Topic: Deleting a Custom Variable
Replies: 15
Views: 728

Re: Deleting a Custom Variable

Once a tool is associated with a toolpath all connection with the tool database is severed. That way you can make changes in that toolpath and it doesn't affect any of the others this or any other project. There would be chaos if local changes were propagated back to the tool database.
by adze_cnc
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:59 pm
Forum: VCarve - Tips and Tricks
Topic: Deleting a Custom Variable
Replies: 15
Views: 728

Re: Deleting a Custom Variable

You might have to describe that better. Are editing the parameters as you are selecting the tool or after you have selected the tool and have clicked edit on the toolpath form?