CAM Mill Cut Outside:

CAM Mill Cut Outside:

When I set the “Final Cut Width” to 5mm and the “Tool Diameter” to 3.175 then it mills first the outer slot, which is 5mm away from the outline. After that it cuts the outline (see picture).

When I choose “Mill Cut Inside” it clears first the whole width before it continues. Is the behaviour with “Mill Cut Outside” on purpose or not?

Not sure about about this. @Todd_Fleming

Sounds like a problem in the SVG

@Todd_Fleming OK, I’ll test it with a dxf.

Same result with the dxf file. I don’t get what is wrong…
https://we.tl/GhhqlTHz0D

Post the svg and I’ll check it

@Todd_Fleming Thank you and here you go: https://we.tl/mdW0wcxyZI

Very bizarre. Your file and config are ok. This is definitely a bug.

@Jorge_Robles somehow the passes got interleaved with each other. I don’t think it used to have this bug. Any ideas?

Have to check properly. I have not encountered that bug before :confused:

Whoa. This bug is really old; it even exists in 0bddba1d1 (Nov 26 2016) and probably goes back farther.

i havent understood the issue, is it only with max width?

@Ariel_Yahni_UniKpty yes

i have never used it :frowning:

@Ariel_Yahni_UniKpty The cut width function comes in very handy when the slot is deep and narrow. When it can get enlarged I have less Problems with Chips.

Even jscut has this bug. I wonder why no one has spotted it before.

@Todd_Fleming i understand the case use explained by Kurt. Is this the only use case or there is another?

I wasn’t thinking of chip clearing when I created that option, but it seems a good use for it. Sometimes you need a wider slot than your cutter, and using outside/inside could be more convenient than setting up a separate path object for a pocket.

@Todd_Fleming That’s exactly my point: With this option I don’t have to draw extra paths. :slight_smile:

@enhydra makes sense

@Todd_Fleming Are you going to update that function with the next release or will that take longer to solve?