Toolpaths account for the outside wall

[Dooryard (Steven Knox)]

I’ve been having an issue when I have features next to the edge of the stock.
I think I’m setting up my project incorrectly.

I’m working at making a brand for the heat press I’m fixing up. But I feel like I’m missing something.
If I have a 2"x1"x1" stock, I will copy in my svg or create the content and draw a bounding box to match the stock (I want to create raised letters).

How I imagine it cutting would be (crudely drawn to show what I’d like it to do with a 1/4" bit.

then go back later and clean up the details with the v bit.

but instead it skips past that area and nibbles away with the v bit.

it ends up creating a bunch of extra toolpaths because it thinks it can’t fit the larger bit into the gaps.

What is the best approach for this kind of geometry?

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

Extend the geometry to the outside to allow the endmill to fit?

[Dooryard (Steven Knox)]

ok that will fix the details from edge issues, so is there no way to ignore the edge v bit travel?

[Dooryard (Steven Knox)]

ok thanks Will, that was easy.

I’ll just have some air passes but overall those add less time than trying to nibble away at the little spots.

[WillAdams (William Adams (Carbide 3D))]

No, Carbide Create doesn’t have an option for omitting the outside pass — the only way to do it would be to offset the geometry for the Advanced V carving, then create a second toolpath for the pocketing operation.