I’ve been refining a design file and testing with a spring loaded diamond engraving bit in a new Nomad 3. It’s been going well until yesterday when the Nomad started engraving out of the usual order. The file has thirty something text characters drawn in cad. Not a font, just very small geometry. …

Toolpath ordering is a complex computer science problem known as “The Traveling Salesman” — it’s not possible to have an algorithm for this which runs quickly and arrives at an optimal solution for all instances.

CC generating incomplete G-code

Software Carbide Create

WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D)) February 22, 2022, 9:56pm 3

The preview in Carbide Create seems fine:

and the G-Code matches: