in toolpaths listing what does the little green box indicate?

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2C3D4U
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in toolpaths listing what does the little green box indicate?

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Apologies, I'm revisiting Aspire after a year's absence. Can someone tell me what the little green box (see "Ledge" in snip above) indicates?
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Re: in toolpaths listing what does the little green box indicate?

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That would the colour that you assigned to that particular toolpath (green in your case), and what colour it will display as. It is only for visualization purposes I believe, and can help simulate a paint inlay, or what colour you may paint the edge of a plaque, for example.

I use it to highlight v-carved text, for example, as it can be hard to see otherwise.

Allan

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Re: in toolpaths listing what does the little green box indicate?

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ZipperHead55 wrote:
Thu Mar 23, 2023 10:41 pm
That would the colour that you assigned to that particular toolpath (green in your case), and what colour it will display as. It is only for visualization purposes I believe, and can help simulate a paint inlay, or what colour you may paint the edge of a plaque, for example.

I use it to highlight v-carved text, for example, as it can be hard to see otherwise.

Allan
+1

It is really handy when V carving text into a depression to see if the width of your bit will nick your 3d shape.
boj1.jpg
60 degree bit no nicking


bo21.jpg
Same text 120 degree bit look red edge
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