I am at a loss here for simulation and dont know if I should proceed with the cut or not since I do not want to waste the only piece of wood I currently have for this size in my shop. Wanted to get another set of eyes on this to make sure its correct.
In the attached file I am looking at cut 2, specifically the two vbit operations. I had these programmed together but out of curiosity for my question I separated them to see if anything changed, which it didnt. I have my DOC for my 90deg Vbit set at .1, which is the stock settings for softwood. I know the width of large letters in this file are close to .4in and based upon that I know my vbit should make multiple passes at my .1doc.
Question is I simulate this and it only shows 1 pass on all the letters, even the largest??? Am I wrong to believe these should show multiple passes in simulation? I have deleted the toolpaths a few times and made new ones to make sure it wasn’t programmed error but still shows 1 pass.
It definitely is making multiple passes. If you desire a deeper carve use a 60 degree or finer bit. The preview in CC is dicey as to whether or not you will see the last pass or the simulated material surface. I previewed the G-code made from your file on ncviewer.com
Just to add to @LWSIV’s comment, indeed this is a case where the last pass is not quite showing in the simulation in CC, you can kind of see it as a dashed green line under the green line for the first pass:
Thank you both for the peace of mind, didn’t want to spend an hr in the car today to get some new wood for the project. I don’t know why but this was the first project that I actually looked at depth of cut for the toolpath simulation and it threw me off only seeing the one. Normally I just look at the toolpath and finished simulation to make sure it all looks good to me.
That said, there are still many other ways to mess up a job (don’t ask me how I know ) so if you really only have one shot at this, don’t you have a piece of scrap that you could use for a trial run to make sure everything is as expected ?
) so if you really only have one shot at this, don’t you have a piece of scrap that you could use for a trial run to make sure everything is as expected ?