Optimize cut order in High Speed Surfacingtoolpaths

[gcode]

I'm doing a high speed waterline toolpath on a very large part.

The part has 8 big fingers and "Optimize cut order" is doing a decent job

of controlling the toolpath... but it could be better.

Is there any way the user can have some influence on how optimize breaks up the toolpath?

[Chris Rizzo]

Sure you tried it already, but increase the "keep tool down" value? I've found it can be difficult to really control alot of the motion in those hst. I still use the old style for maximum tweaking.

 

Alternately the hybrid toolpath tends to be extremely efficient, if it will work for your application. I wish it had angle limiting as well as depth limiting too however.

 

hth

[gcode]

increase the "keep tool down" value?

 

thats what I ended up doing.. bumping it up an inch improved things a lot.

 

its not perfect, but its a real sweet toolpath

[Guest]

I like this path, I have found if I can't control is just as I want, I'll do it in separate paths

 

Copy and pasting and just changing a containment is pretty quick