How a NC file can bee made.

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How a NC file can bee made.

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I made this video to show how I wish there was a way to create an NC file can be done.
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https://vimeo.com/812686295

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http://lgrfbs.org/q/The_New_Print_To_CAM_Driver.mp4
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Re: How a NC file can bee made.

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I don't quite understand your approach. What is it what you actually want? I don't see so much principal difference to Path workbench. I Admit that what you show seems to be very simple, but I don't see such needed things as stock, tools, stepdown, the various heights, ...
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chrisb wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:44 am I don't quite understand your approach.
You apparently did not read the note at the bottom.

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GeneFC wrote: Fri Mar 31, 2023 2:50 pm You apparently did not read the note at the bottom.
Indeed!
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:!: How nice a StarGate reference.
As you have already seen, this was a poor attempt at an April 1 joke.
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