Request - Closed contour area mill path.

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Request - Closed contour area mill path.

Post by srl » Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:58 am

My dream script is to select a closed contour, enter a path spacing (tool width) and have a spiral path appear to the center. Only lines would be fine, any arcs around the outer could be finished manually. It would save me a lot of time on new designs.
The maths involved is a bit beyond me.
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Re: Request - Closed contour area mill path.

Post by srl » Sun Dec 22, 2013 8:01 am

Here is the example of what I wish. This all done manually.
This mill path uses my Cam config script with details in the layer names as you can see.
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Re: Request - Closed contour area mill path.

Post by srl » Wed Apr 30, 2014 7:24 am

Now done.
viewtopic.php?f=74&t=2601&start=15#p9702
It took a bit of problem solving.
I only have a little more work to do with the ramp off.

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