I'm taking my first steps with machining and CNC with a Genmitsu 3018. It's a toy, I know (I'm an EE in real life), but I want to start figuring out what I'm doing and then decide how much I want to continue before investing in something with more firepower.
Anyway, I've drawn up a body that has a stepped pocket (see the attached .png) and I'm curious about the path generation. I'm using Adaptive, and when I select the floor of the stepped pocket, I get a path that avoids the vertical space above the hole. This behavior makes sense if considering the step by itself, but it seems like from a simplicity standpoint, I should machine out the entirety of the pocket (includind the empty space above the hole) and then consider the lower level (the hole) as a separate operation.
Is there a sinple way to convince the path generator to do the outer pocket in entirety before proceeding to the inner pocket? Is there a good reason _not_ to do it that way?
Thanks!
--EGR
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