Draw-Zigzag-Pocket-Path

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CVH
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Draw-Zigzag-Pocket-Path

Post by CVH » Sat Nov 29, 2025 9:48 pm

Follow up of: White paper; "Add Pocket Zig-Zag Toolpath

I almost stand corrected ... :lol:
Making it a bit more clever it turned out 11 paths for the coarser ... and the finer grid.
Only 1 over the 'probably not reachable limit'.

A bit slower too is the disadvantage.

Conventional or climb milling can not be specified.
- Starting leftwards along a horizontal edge, it may end in the left or in the right direction at any opposed horizontal edge.
- Because it searches downwards it is somehow downwards at the leftmost and also at rightmost edges.
- Then somehow upwards for searching upwards ... Reaching the end of a path downwards it is of no use to start looking upwards.

The milling method of choice is more for the finishing pass(es) at 1/2 tool diameter offsets to the pocket edges.

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CVH

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