Depth First & Level By Level

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Alex Navarro
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Depth First & Level By Level

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Sorry if it was answered here, but I do not found it from search

What is the difference between DEPTH FIRST and LEVEL BY LEVEL?

In my simulations both do the same.
I looked for about this in some videos and I also not found. Maybe there are, but so it is not easy to find.
Maybe it is for some specific situation, I don´t know.

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Alex
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Re: DEPTH FIRST & LEVEL BY LEVEL

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I can't explain it any better than the Help does:-
The second setting is the choice of Order. The Z Level can be performed in Level by level manner. This means to generate a complete pass at a given depth over the whole model, before advancing to the next level. This is the default option.

The user can also select Depth-first. In this case if at a given depth the model consists of separate regions, the generated toolpath will generate all passes at increasing depths over such region. Then it will advance to another such region.

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Re: DEPTH FIRST & LEVEL BY LEVEL

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Thank you for answer, and wher you found this information? :-o :shock:
On my Help contents and videos I not found it. :roll:

Ok.. I tried different maners with more vectors but using just one clipart. Now I tried 2 clipart and all is clear! :D
I thought this was a way to choose the start level machining on the level I wish :cry:
To do that I still need do some changes in the GCode or use slices :-?
Or that is there and I am being stupid in these last years :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Thank you so much
Alex Navarro

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