It should be pretty straightforward to cut that (or any other) angle using gcodepreview, and then writing out the G-code using RapCAD — while it doesn’t have an angle to it, there is a complete working file at:
just run that in RapCAD using the correct command-line parameters to get a G-code file.
I think I’d call that 3D, where your Z axis moves with your XY. Then you’re back to @WillAdams’s original answer. If you want to carve something like that 2.5D (moving the Z axis independently of the X&Y), you could create a series of steps or a grayscale gradient and there are programs that can do that, including CC.
Technically a 3D part, but we call it 2.5D because there is no model involved.
Here’s an example:
and it works in RapCAD:
include <C:/Users/willa/OneDrive/Documents/RapCAD/Libraries/gcodepreview.scad>
stocklength = 40;
stockwidth = 40;
stockthickness = 5;
toolradius = 1.5875;
generategcode = false;
retractheight = 3;
feedrate = 850;
plungerate = 425;
difference() {
setupstock(stocklength, stockwidth, stockthickness, "Bottom", "Lower-Left");
toolchange(101);
rapid(0,0,retractheight * 2,0,0,retractheight);
for (i = [0 : 0.5 : 40]) {
gcut(i, 20, stockthickness, i, 20, stockthickness, 101);
gcut(i, 20, st, i, 0, 0, 101);
}
}
closecut();
which generates G-code which works as expected:
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