odd cut patterns

[ch3no2freak]

Net-hook? Ok then what do I do?

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

ch3no2freak,

 

Do the individual entities within the "chain" need to be oriented start pt->end pt, start pt ->end pt?

To see what I mean do Analyze-Entity and Mastercam will show you the Start Pt (green) and End Pt (red) of the entity.

So is it OK if you have two lines that started from opposite directions and ended at the same location?

 

Of do only the entities themselves just need to be "one after the other" in the desired order?

*This is fairly simple dto do. (not quite so true if you've never done anything with NET-Hooks), as it's a bit out of the ordinary.

 

You're running Mastercam X9, correct?

 

Please email me your contact info -> SDK <at> mastercam <dot> com

[jaydenn]

Ignore this. duplicate post.

Edited August 19, 2016 by jaydenn

[ch3no2freak]

ch3no2freak,

 

Do the individual entities within the "chain" need to be oriented start pt->end pt, start pt ->end pt?

To see what I mean do Analyze-Entity and Mastercam will show you the Start Pt (green) and End Pt (red) of the entity.

So is it OK if you have two lines that started from opposite directions and ended at the same location?

 

Of do only the entities themselves just need to be "one after the other" in the desired order?

*This is fairly simple dto do. (not quite so true if you've never done anything with NET-Hooks), as it's a bit out of the ordinary.

 

You're running Mastercam X9, correct?

 

Please email me your contact info -> SDK <at> mastercam <dot> com

 

mastercam 9.1

[Roger Martin from CNC Software]

v9.1 = real old.

Sorry, I cannot help you there in regards to Add-Ins.

Rob's suggestion of doing a path and plotting it and doing 'save as geometry' is probably all you'll be able to do in v9.1 to do this "re-ordering" .

[ch3no2freak]

v9.1 = real old.

Sorry, I cannot help you there in regards to Add-Ins.

Rob's suggestion of doing a path and plotting it and doing 'save as geometry' is probably all you'll be able to do in v9.1 to do this "re-ordering" .

alright well thank you for your help anyways.

[ch3no2freak]

i tried adding the tool path to the design and then saving it and it cut it the same way as before. :/ oh well...

[Teh Bear without Brains kinda idiot]

Thats because at least 2 your contours are not closed properly

HTH