6512 Vs. Current Code

August 17, 2007 · Filed Under MeshCAM Development 

Below is a side by side of a toolpath using the Jeff Demand Reference Model.  The total area of the shots is probably a couple of mm so the details you’re looking at are very small. Both are using the same tolerance value, .025mm or about .001″.  Obviously, the paths are much better in the latest code.  The main change is that I reduced the amount of point reduction in the toolpaths relative to the tolerance value so that the gains from the new toolpath code are not thrown away at the very end.  For an equal tolerance value the next release will generate a larger gcode file.

 

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Just remember to reevaluate the values you typically use for the tolerance parameter when the next release comes out.  I’m just fixing a few bugs and I still have to investigate the waterline problems that people have reported before the next release 

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4 Responses to “6512 Vs. Current Code”

  1. Jeff Demand on August 18th, 2007 12:26 am

    Robert,

    VERY nice !!! Much smother tool paths and a much more reasonable computation time. You are very good at writing code and listening to your users ( and abusers ) Thanks.

    Jeff

  2. Robert on August 18th, 2007 12:27 am

    Thanks. If I were good I would have done it this way from the start.

    -Robert

  3. Randy on August 18th, 2007 2:27 pm

    That’s some great progress, Robert. I agree with Jeff–you are a code master. And Jeff is a jewelry design master. My own models aren’t nearly as detailed–I’m just picky about fidelity to the intended shape. :-) Thank you for your ongoing work.

    Best regards,

    Randy

  4. Jeff Demand on August 18th, 2007 4:02 pm

    Randy,

    Many thanks for the complement. But I just need stuff to look right and can change the design if it doesn’t. While you need stuff which looks good and is true to scale, often adversarial requirements. You also get a master rating.

    Jeff