Restarting to learn FC, most of my prior CAD experience is in LibreCAD, which I like, but I need a tool that can generate CNC machining paths, as hand writing G-code is PAINFUL!
I've just completed my first part, and am not happy with where the origin ended up. I'm used to putting my part zero on the top-rear-upper corner of the part surface, to match how it will go into the mill vice and make it easier to set the part zero's.
I got the X-Y zero right in the first sketch, but when I padded it to make the body (mostly following the steps in https://youtu.be/uh5aN_Di8J0 if that matters) the Z axis zero ended up on the BOTTOM corner, not the TOP where I wanted it.... It appears the pad extruded the sketch up on the Z-axis, when I would have wanted it to extrude down.
Does this matter for generating the G-code in the Path workbench, and how can I fix it? Is there a way to set things up so it doesn't happen again on future parts?
I may not be using the right words, but didn't find anything that looked relevant when searching the docs, wiki and forum.
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OS: Manjaro Linux (KDE/plasma)
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.2.29603 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: makepkg
Hash: 930dd9a76203a3260b1e6256c70c1c3cad8c5cb8
Python 3.11.3, Qt 5.15.9, Coin 4.0.1, Vtk 9.2.6, OCC 7.6.3
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
Installed mods:
* Help 1.0.3