Pocket Retract Every Pass

[Julien]

Hi @jelanier,

This is still CC’s behavior for pockets, indeed.

If this bothers you, @fenrus came up with a nifty online tool to optimize of the G-code files generated by CC, and remove the extra retracts when pocketing:

Prevent raising router between passes

ok the browser based version of what I use is now at: https://fenrus75.github.io/FenrusCNCtools/ccopt/ccopt.html the key optimizations are go up with G0 eliminate very small movements < step size (generated in advanced vcarve a bunch) for several key cases, don’t retract all the way between “layers” of a pocket… if the tool can prove how to get to the beginning without needing to retract, it won’t remember previous depths of the last 32 plunges, so that a G0 can be used instead of a G1 vide…