What is the opposite of plunge called?

Software Carbide Create
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Sorry for posting another dumb question but how do you specify the rate of Z+ after an operation?

It seems like the Z climb is about the same as the feed rate (slow in my project) when it could/should be faster than the plunge rate.

Also, where do you limit how far up the Z axis travels before it rapids to the next position?

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You can only set the plunge rate. Im not sure if the retract rate is the same as the plunge rate or fixed. I never checked it. To set the plunge rate select a tool then go to EDIT. You will see the plunge rate near the bottom of the screen. To set the retract height, Click on design, then the little gear icon and you will see the retract height Default is 0.394

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Thanks Loren, retract is the word I couldn’t recall.

Too bad I can’t set the speed but thanks to your tip at least I can reduce the Z since the stock is very flat.

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Looks like for drilling it retracts at rapid. (G0)
For contour & pocket, it retracts at the plunge feedrate.
V-carve & Adv V-carve retract at the cut feedrate.

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For me doing Contour with no offset the retract rate is similar to feed rate, slow. Much slower than plunge rate but I’m plunging fast because i’m just using a spring loaded diamond bit.

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You are correct. Looks like final retract is at CUT feedrate for contouring.
Intermediate retracts were at plunge rate.

It makes sense, for safety & quality to default to the slower rate. But I agree it would be nice to tell it to retract at RAPID

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I’ve used the FOSS (free open source software) program GCodeClean to turn feed rate retracts into rapids with Carbide Create gcode. I have a pre-MCEtcher diamond drag bit that needs about 5mm of spring travel, and from minor diamond mount cracking paranoid use comparatively low plunge speeds. The slow plunges were bad enough, watching the feed rate retracts ooze upwards was agony (well, slightly exaggerated), GCodeClean fixed it. Probably best to try it on something unimportant first just in case

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Thanks for the tip!

The retract is really slow but since I can walk away and do something else while the Nomad toils away it’s not a big deal.

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