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Surface extensions with Waterline

Corey Hampshire
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Corey Hampshire Enthusiast

Corey Hampshire

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Is there a way to get the tool path in Op 1 to extend straight off the surface like I have it set to do in Op 2? I have played with linking and cannot get what I want. I want a tangent extension along the surface, I'm not really looking for an arc lead out. I am thinking more along the lines of "Extend/Trim" that we use in Unified.

I want to use waterline for the obvious reasons of different leave amounts, minimum retracts, holder collisions, and all the goodies the newer tool paths have.

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Maybe there is a better one...I think it's not perfect (the first and last depths, the step amount are different, the results are different)
Using the contact point algorithm, the calculation results are not completely accurate at the edge?!
Unified's algorithm will be more accurate...

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