Toolpath using a level

[SteveNelson46]

Thanks John

[ohiolyons]

Not to beat a dead horse, but see photos below.

Way you would expect

WRONG

[SteveNelson46]

Success! Vectric support acknowledged the problem of components that are not visible in the toolpath level should not be included in the toolpath and they referred it on to their development team. Thanks to everyone who helped.

[ohiolyons]

Great news!

[martin54]

Success! Vectric support acknowledged the problem of components that are not visible in the toolpath level should not be included in the toolpath and they referred it on to their development team. Thanks to everyone who helped.

It could have been a badly timed post, not making excuses for them but there is a time difference & it was at the weekend

Good to hear you got the result you were looking for Steve & confirmation your not going mad

[SteveNelson46]

Good to hear you got the result you were looking for Steve & confirmation your not going mad

There are some who would disagree

[martin54]

Good to hear you got the result you were looking for Steve & confirmation your not going mad

There are some who would disagree

Your not alone, I have the same problem. Although in my case they are probably right

[ohiolyons]

So 11.009 did not fix this issue.

Any chance of an update from Vectric?

[SteveNelson46]

So 11.009 did not fix this issue.

Any chance of an update from Vectric?

I haven't heard anything. They will probably include the fix in the next update but, as of yet, they have not said they will.

[SteveNelson46]

I just updated Aspire to version 11.09 and they fixed the problem. Interestingly, there is no mention of it in the release notes.

[ohiolyons]

Didn't fix it for me

[SteveNelson46]

John,

Are you sure? I unchecked the visibility in the component tree and recalculated the toolpath. The hidden components did not show up in the toolpath preview. Then, I rechecked the components and made them visible again, recalculated and they were all there in the preview.

[ohiolyons]

after you said it worked I created the above photo from a new file.

Remember it has to be on selected level

[ohiolyons]

VECTRIC this is the place where it would be nice for you to chime in now.

If you fixed Steve's problem then I have a new one.

[Adrian]

What it seems to be doing now is still creating a toolpath for the hidden model but it's not a full one.

I used a large stepover on the attached picture so it shows what is happening. With .008 the centre toolpath would have been the same as the other two. Of course in both versions it shouldn't be there at all as that model is unchecked in the layer.