Fairly often when creating a roughing tool path, it will not remove the top layer of material if it is thinner than the "stepdown" depth even though it is thicker than the "stock to leave" setting. This happens in both 4.3 and the latest 5.0 beta. I generally only mill MDF so I haven't bothered posting about it but it's time to figure out what I'm doing wrong. I've included a link to a 4.3 sample file below. In this file you'll see I've set my object .25" below zero and increased my material up to zero. I've set my stepdown amount to .25 and set stock to leave at .0625" - as you can see in the image below it does not create any toolpath to remove any material from the top surface. It should remove .1875" to leave the surface with the setting of .0625"
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Anyone know what I am doing wrong? What's odd is that this only happens about 50% of the time. Half the time it does it just as I would expect.
http://www.jeanastie.com/share/E101_sample_r4.3dm
Anyone know what I am doing wrong? What's odd is that this only happens about 50% of the time. Half the time it does it just as I would expect.
http://www.jeanastie.com/share/E101_sample_r4.3dm