3D surface zigzag force size of return feed

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tomtom24
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3D surface zigzag force size of return feed

Post by tomtom24 »

Hello,

Is there any possibility, to force the feed of way back in zigzag mode?

For example, I can set feed to 60%. But then, How does Freecad calculate the feed size for the zig zag return path? Because, sometimes (in 3D-surface with rotation axis), the feed is much bigger than the tool diameter, so there will be some raw path.

In general it works perfect. But i have to postprocess the generated gcode. Can I handle this by a post-process script within freecad?

Kind regards and thanks.

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chrisb
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Re: 3D surface zigzag force size of return feed

Post by chrisb »

I don’t think that this can be done in the postprocessor, because there is all information lost of what a return path is.
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