V4 Build 19
I am in the process of uploading a new V4 build to fix a problem that I’ve seen before but I didn’t know exactly how to replicate until today. There was a bug where the waterline path linker could run the tool into uncut stock if the “Machine Geometry +” was used with the right type of model. It’s tough to describe so I’ll post some pictures below: This one shows where the bad links are: This is the 3D view of the same path. You have to imagine that the stock is not machined between the spokes because the...
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I just uploaded V4 Build 15 to http://www.grzsoftware.com/v2dl.php . It includes a few fixes for bugs found by Gerry and some optimizations that I made internally to save memory and speed up processing. This fix seems to be significant for the “Linking” part of the toolpath calculations and when you save a toolpath. I hope to find a few more big wins like this in the next few weeks.
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I just uploaded V4 build 12 to: http://www.grzsoftware.com/v2dl.php . I made a number of little changes to the UI and one big functional change, the new “Set Machine Region” command. You can now define one of more regions to contain the toolpath without having to pull the trick of shrinking the stock to fool MeshCAM. I think this will be a huge benefit and that it will see lots of use. You can also load a DXF file but please note that only DXF V12 is well-supported. Later versions can be hit-or-miss. Let me...
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