Improved Finishing
I’ve been working on the new offsetting code to make smoother and more accurate ZMap-free toolpaths. Eventually this will be carried to all toolpaths but it will first appear in the finishing since that would be the place where more accuracy will be appreciated. It will take longer to calculate the new paths than the current ones but they will be something that can eventually be distributed between multiple processors since most new computers have multiple processors or cores. The new code is very math...
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As you’ve noticed, I uploaded the new website. I forgot to check it against IE6 before doing so and there were several things that displayed wrong. I think I’ve found most of them, aside from some more minor not-quite-centered problems, but if you seen anything really wrong then please let me know.
read moreBuild 5946
I just uploaded a new version that fixes a new bug I found. Under certain circumstances the finish stepover may be wrong depending on the oversampling value. This got introduced in the last couple of releases and I’m shocked that nobody reported it. Also, I’m just finishing up a new web site. The current one hasn’t been touched much in the past three years so it’s about time to redo it. I’m probably less that a week from being done but I’ll probably post a link if the forum for...
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I just uploaded a new build to http://www.grzsoftware.com/v2dl.php . It includes a few minor changes and a German manual option. For those who’ve been following the pocketing development I’d recomend the following link sent to me by a reader – http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/0206ex1.html . It’s a marketing article for Surfware disguised as a technical article. The article outlines a more state-of-the-art approact to area clearance that, while patented and therefore off-limits, is...
read moreNew release in a few days
I haven’t heard of any big problems with the new roughing algorithm so I’m going to make it a public release in a few days. Tonight I was able to add code to notify a user if a post processor doesn’t support 4–axis when it’s required. I think this may be the root of some of the 4–axis problems that have been reported. Also, I’m trying to update the installer to give the option for German manual since I now have a German distributor. I haven’t tried to change the NSIS...
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