climb and conventional passes (CW-CCW)
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climb and conventional passes (CW-CCW)
am using vectric to program some simple 2d geometric shapes and profiling them in wood. Want to make a finish pass clockwise (climb cutting) and an identical finish pass counterclockwise (conventional cutting. reason is that I/2 the cut is with the grain, and the other half is against the grain....looking for a little precision and accuracy. Can this be set up in Vectric Pro?
Re: climb and conventional passes (CW-CCW)
You do have the options for climb or conventional with the profile tool path. I've found just about anything I want to do can be done in Vcarve, although it may take dividing the perimeter vector into more than one section and making separate tool paths for each.
Re: climb and conventional passes (CW-CCW)
IIRC, the easiest way is to make your standard toolpath in one direction, then right-click on the toolpath in the list, and choose duplicate, copy/paste, etc.. Change the direction (and name ) of the duplicate one and you're done. You should be able to even output the two paths in a single file and run them together, depending on whether your workflow includes that kind of thing .
Regards,
Thom
Regards,
Thom
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