Can someone help me figure out why my design/machine is doing this deep plunge cut before cutting out the rest of the pocket toolpath?
Here is the CC file I used…
DeepPlunge.c2d (580 KB)
Also, on the finishing tool path it leaves a little bump in that same spot until all the rest of the pocket is finished. It then goes back and cleans up the little guy…
Is this normal behavior?
The first one is a bug. It’s been referred to as the “Depth First” bug. Pocket path offsets the outside shape by the stepover, and then sorts the resulting shapes into ‘regions’. In some cases it wants to cut the first region down to full depth, rather than cutting all the regions at the first depth, then moving on to the next level.
The 2nd one is normal behavior, although it could be improved. It just ordered the regions to cut that one last.
I hyperventilated the first time that happened to me on a 100.00 piece of wood.
Thanks Tod1d, I kind of figured it was something known.
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