The proper way to do it is to run conversion when the input file is in the old style.
I use only 0.20 for paths. For design I use 0.18 because of bugs in 0.19 and 0.20.
Should "Keep tool down" work for MillFace?
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Re: Should "Keep tool down" work for MillFace?
Point taken
Re: Should "Keep tool down" work for MillFace?
Which bugs are you talking about? Are they known? Are there bug tickets?
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Re: Should "Keep tool down" work for MillFace?
I'm not seeing this problem in the latest appimage or maybe I have not chosen the combination of parameters to recreate the problem.
With a face offset pattern, toggling 'Keep ToolDown' to 'true' retracts at start and end. Setting to 'false' retracts at every stepover.
With a face offset pattern, toggling 'Keep ToolDown' to 'true' retracts at start and end. Setting to 'false' retracts at every stepover.
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Re: Should "Keep tool down" work for MillFace?
If you want to fix this issue change the stepover to 70% or less. Or use a different pattern.
The reason for the jumping up and down is that a very large stepover leaves tiny unprocessed triangles at every corner. When the offset pattern moves to the adjacent orbit the tool needs to be lifted to avoid the "unwanted" triangles.
This is a purely geometrical effect, not a bug. A circle moved in a rectangular pattern cannot fill all the area when the stepover is greater than SQRT(2) /2.
I should have caught this user error the first time around.
Gene
Re: Should "Keep tool down" work for MillFace?
Thanks Gene! I will try itGeneFC wrote: ↑Fri Jan 27, 2023 3:03 amIf you want to fix this issue change the stepover to 70% or less. Or use a different pattern.
The reason for the jumping up and down is that a very large stepover leaves tiny unprocessed triangles at every corner. When the offset pattern moves to the adjacent orbit the tool needs to be lifted to avoid the "unwanted" triangles.
This is a purely geometrical effect, not a bug. A circle moved in a rectangular pattern cannot fill all the area when the stepover is greater than SQRT(2) /2.
I should have caught this user error the first time around.
Gene
Point taken
Re: Should "Keep tool down" work for MillFace?
I tried 70% and the tool is kept down.
But the triangles will be there if 80% is used regardless if the tool is kept down or not, at least in three corners.
But the triangles will be there if 80% is used regardless if the tool is kept down or not, at least in three corners.
Point taken